Unscramble blunt

Definition of blunt

adjective:

• 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", "I gave them my candid opinion", "forthright criticism", "a forthright approach to the problem", "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank", "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude", "plainspoken and to the point", "a point-blank accusation". Synonyms: candid, 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", "facing the stark reality of the deadline". Synonyms: crude, stark.

verb:

• make less intense; "blunted emotions".
• make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses". Synonyms: benumb, dull, numb.
• make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge". Synonyms: dull. Antonyms: sharpen.
• 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". Synonyms: deaden. Antonyms: enliven.

Related words

break, damp, dampen, obtund, petrify, soften, weaken.

Words nearby

blurt, brunt, bunt, lunt.

Rhymes with

affront, brunt, bunt, confront, cunt, front, grunt, hunt, lunt, punt, shunt, stunt.