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blunt

blunt [ blunt ]


adjective  (comparative blunt·er, superlative blunt·est)
Definition:
 
1. not sharp: having a cutting edge or point that is not sharp

2. insensitively frank or honest: very frank or straightforward and showing no delicacy or consideration



verb  (past and past participle blunt·ed, present participle blunt·ing, 3rd person present singular blunts)
Definition:
 
1. transitive and intransitive verb make something less sharp: to make the cutting edge or point of something less sharp

2. transitive verb lessen or weaken something: to make something such as a sense or an emotion less effective or less intense

[13th century. Perhaps < Old Norse blundr "dozing"]

blunt·ly adverb
blunt·ness noun
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