Detailed description and alternate definitions of the word 'blunt':
To become blunt.
Lacking in feeling; insensitive.
Abrupt and often disconcertingly frank in speech.
Slow to understand or perceive; dull.
To make less effective; weaken.
To dull the edge of.
Having a dull edge or end; not sharp.
Synonyms of word 'blunt' :
frank
dull
straight-from-the-shoulder
plainspoken
candid
dull
benumb
crude
outspoken
stark
forthright
free-spoken
deaden
numb
point-blank
Usage of the word 'blunt' in Sentences :
It is rare treat to be able to see a learned exhibition that tells the full story of an internationally significant 20th-century architect and also to travel in and around his home city to explore his built achievements. The chance to be totally immersed in the life and work of Gerrit Rietveld is well worth the journey.
blunt the edge of ancient literature.
My reaction to such a situation would be fairly blunt.
Blades usually lose their set before becoming blunt, by being trapped in the felling cuts of trees.
blunt arete with two obvious flakes.
I lent him, grudgingly, my special screw cutting tool with instructions not to let it get blunt.
blunted response of LH in FMS.
Six weeks to the day after an equally blunt refusal.
blunt trauma to the head.
blunting the force of their own criticism.
Usage of the word 'blunt' in popular media :
Washington Post —
“litigation through judicial review is a relatively
blunt instrument.....
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Wall Street Journal —
“ to be quite
blunt, the level of debate around here is simply in the gutter.....
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