Blunt meaning

What does “blunt” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“blunt” is a verb and adjective with 9 meanings. Its most common meaning is: make less intense.

blunt

make less intense
“blunted emotions”
make numb or insensitive
“The shock numbed her senses”
Synonymsnumb benumb dull
make dull or blunt
“Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge”
Synonymsdull
make less sharp
“blunt the knives”
make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
“Terror blunted her feelings”
“deaden a sound”
Synonymsdeaden

having a broad or rounded end
“thick marks made by a blunt pencil”
used of a knife or other blade; not sharp
“a blunt instrument”
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
“blunt talking and straight shooting”
“a blunt New England farmer”
Synonymscandid forthright frank free-spoken outspoken plainspoken point-blank straight-from-the-shoulder
devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
“the blunt truth”
“the crude facts”
Synonymscrude stark

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University