Blunt

adj, name, noun, verb, slang

adj, name, noun, verb, slang ·1 syllable ·Very common ·Middle school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A fencer's practice foil with a soft tip. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A short needle with a strong point. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A marijuana cigar. US, countable, slang, uncountable

    "[…] to make his point, lead rapper B-Real fired up a blunt in front of the cameras and several hundred thousand people and announced, “I'm taking a hit for every one of y'all!”"

  4. 4
    Money. UK, archaic, slang, uncountable

    "Down he goes to the Commons, to see the lawyer and draw the blunt[…]"

  5. 5
    A playboating move resembling a cartwheel performed on a wave. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
  2. 2
    make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation wordnet
  3. 3
    To repress or weaken; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of figuratively

    "It blunted my appetite."

  4. 4
    make less sharp wordnet
  5. 5
    make less intense wordnet
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  1. 6
    make dull or blunt wordnet
  2. 7
    make numb or insensitive wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.

    "The murderous knife was dull and blunt."

  2. 2
    Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute.

    "His wits are not so blunt."

  3. 3
    Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting in the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.

    "I was taken aback by the blunt admission that he had never liked my company."

  4. 4
    Hard to impress or penetrate.

    "December 30, 1736, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift I find my heart hardened and blunt to new impressions."

  5. 5
    Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive.
Adjective
  1. 1
    devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment wordnet
  2. 2
    characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion wordnet
  3. 3
    used of a knife or other blade; not sharp wordnet
  4. 4
    having a broad or rounded end wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname transferred from the nickname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A minor city in Hughes County, South Dakota, United States. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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dullcurtdeadennumbpointlessobtuse

Example

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"He is very blunt in his manner."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English blunt, blont, from Old English *blunt, probably of North Germanic origin, possibly related to Old Norse blunda (“to doze”) (> Icelandic blunda, Swedish blunda, Danish blunde).

Etymology 2

From Middle English blunten, blonten, from the adjective (see above).

Etymology 3

Two possible origins: * From Anglo-Norman blunt (“blond”), a nickname for someone with fair hair or a light complexion. * From Middle English blunt (“dull, stupid”), a nickname for a stupid person.

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