Synonyms for Blunt | WordToolSet

Synonyms for "blunt" (444 found)

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Closest matches (89)

Adjective(23 words)

forthright frank abrasiveabrupt changeabrupt movementaggressive behaviorattenuate benumbed bludgeon bluffestblunt instrumentblunted bristliest brusk brusker bruskest brusquebrusque remarkbrutal brutish

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butch candid club

abate abrupt affectless aggressive allay alleviate anesthetize anesthetized arctic artless assuage attemper attenuate autisticbank the firebarefaced bate bearish beastly bedaze

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benumb besot bluff blunt-edged blunt-ended blunt-pointed blunt-witted blunted bluntish blur boodleborn yesterdaybrash brass bread brief broad brusque buck cabbage candid catatonic cavalier chasten childlike chill chilly chips chloroform churlish coldcold as charitycold bloodedcold-blooded coldcock coldhearted confiding

Noun(6 words)

accosting benumbing blunting brusquest bullbat clomping

Verb(3 words)

benumb blunten brusquer

Strong matches (133)

constrain control cool crabbed cramp cripple crusty curt damp dampende emphasizede-emphasize deaden debilitate deflect desensitize deter devitalize dimdim witted

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Adjective(16 words)

crudecrude editcudgel curtest deaden dim directdirect thrustdirect thrustsdirect tonedulldull impressiondullestearthy languagefree-spoken gruffest

Verb(7 words)

deaden deadened deafens disarms dull dulls hinder

Noun(4 words)

direct evidencedulling flatfootgrizzly bear

Adverb(1 words)

forcefully worded statement

Related words (222)

impassive impolite inconsiderate indelicate indispose inexcitable ingenu ingenuous innocent insensible insensitive insusceptible jack kayokeep within boundsknock outknock senselessknock stiffknock unconsciousko

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laylay lowlay outlenify lessen lighten mitigate moderate modulate mollify money moolah mull naive naked narcotize needle nonemotional numb objective obscure obtund obtuse ointment open openheartedout of touchoutspoken palliate palsy paralyze passionless plainplain spokenplain-spokenplay downplump pointlessput offput to sleepquench rattle reducereduce the temperaturerepel repress restrain retund rough round rounded rude sap self-absorbed severe shakeshake upsharp short silence simple simplehearted simpleminded sinceresingle mindedsingle-hearted single-minded slacken slowslow downslow wittedslow-witted sluggish smoothed smother snippety snippy sobersober downsoftensoften upsoothe soulless spiritless stifle stolid straightstraight outstraight-out straightforward stun stupefy subdue succinct sugar suppress surly tactlesstake the edge offtame temper tersethick wittedthick-brained thick-headed thick-pated thick-witted thickheaded thickskulled thoughtlesstone downtransparent truculent trustful trustingtune downturnturn asideturn awayturn fromturn offunaffectionate unbrace unceremonious unchecked uncivil uncomplicated uncompromising unconstrained undermine underplay undiplomatic unedged unemotional unequivocal unfeeling ungracious unguarded unimpassioned unimpressionable unloving unman unnerve unpassionate unpointed unreserved unresponding unresponsive unrestrained unsharp unsharpened unsophisticated unstrengthen unstring unsusceptible unsuspicious unsympathetic untouchable unwary wampum weaken weanwean fromwooden worn

Adjective(29 words)

inelegant jerkiest loutishmarijuana cigarmitigate muffle obtuser obtusest offhanded outspoken plainspokenplainspoken explanationpoint-blank rawer rough-edged rudest slow soften starkstraight-from-the-shoulder

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tactless terse uncensoredundiluted liquidunsharpened unsubtle untactful unvarnishedweed cigar

Noun(6 words)

literal religious artmoney mufflesplain nounrude replythwacking

Verb(2 words)

numb stultified

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

15 entries

alter change cigarcognitive traitcommunication styledesensitise desensitize instrument modifyphysical propertyreducetobacco producttool weaken

More specific

15 entries

attenuation bludgeon bluntingbrusque remarkcannabis cigarclub cudgel dimnessdirect statementdull blademarijuana cigarmitigation truncheon unperceptivenessunsharpened edge

Collocations

10 entries

blunt criticismblunt edgeblunt forceblunt impactblunt instrumentblunt objectblunt remarkblunt warningcannabis cigarmarijuana blunt

Inflections

5 entries

blunted blunter bluntest blunting blunts

Derivations

3 entries

blunting bluntly bluntness

similar

6 entries

direct dull pointless unconditional unconditioned unpointed

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He is very blunt in his manner.

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Y'know we're short of money to have fun and ... Well to be blunt, gimme!

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My sword may be blunt, but that's more than enough for someone like you.

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The knife was so blunt that I could not cut the meat with it and I resorted to my pocket knife.

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