Blunt

Synonyms for "blunt" (489 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (98)

dull curt deaden numb pointless abate abrupt affectless aggressive allay alleviate anesthetize anesthetized arctic artless assuage attemper attenuate autistic bank the fire

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Adjective(3 words)

obtuse brusque coarse

Noun(23 words)

ackers baguette bees and honey bifta bifter bleezy bogie bomber bone bones brass bread bread and honey bugs bunny bun cake camberwell carrot cheddar cheese ching

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clams coin cream

Verb(3 words)

behedge benumb blunten

Adjective(1 words)

candid

Strong matches (147)

cripple crusty damp dampen de emphasize de-emphasize debilitate deflect desensitize deter devitalize dim dim witted dim-witted diminish dinero direct disable disaffect disagreeable

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Adjective(4 words)

crude forthright frank free-spoken

Noun(27 words)

currency dinero doink doinker doob doober doobie dosh dough exotic cheroot fatty fedi feds fetti finances flizz flow funding funds giggle stick

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gonce gravy gwolla gwop hogger hoot hooter

Adjective(4 words)

curt dull harsh impolite

Verb(7 words)

deaden dull forset frustrate hinder hurt incommode

Related words (244)

ingenuous innocent insensible insensitive insusceptible jack kayo keep within bounds knock out knock senseless knock stiff knock unconscious ko lay lay low lay out lenify lessen lighten mitigate

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moderate modulate mollify moolah mull naive naked narcotize needle nonemotional objective obscure obtund obtuse ointment open openhearted out of touch outspoken palliate palsy paralyze passionless plain plain spoken plain-spoken play down plump put off put to sleep quench rattle reduce reduce the temperature reefer repel repress restrain retund rough round rounded rude sap self-absorbed severe shake shake up sharp short silence simple simplehearted simpleminded sincere single minded single-hearted single-minded slacken slow slow down slow witted slow-witted sluggish smoothed smother snippety snippy sober sober down soften soften up soothe soulless spiritless stark stifle stolid straight straight from shoulder straight out straight-out straightforward stun stupefy stupid subdue succinct sugar suppress surly tactless take the edge off tame temper terse thick witted thick-brained thick-headed thick-pated thick-witted thickheaded thickskulled thoughtless tone down transparent truculent trustful trusting tune down turn turn aside turn away turn from turn off unaffectionate 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 weaken wean wean from wooden worn

Verb(4 words)

inhibit limit numb thwart

Noun(50 words)

j jack jay jazz cigarette jimmy joint juju left-handed cigarette legal tender lolly lovely jubbly marijuana cigarette mazoola mazuma means money moola mozzarella muck muggle

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number oof ooftish paper pelf phattie reefer rhino roach scratch scrill scrilla shrapnel simoleons smackeroonies smackeroos smackers spend spiff spliff spondulicks swag toke tube torpedo wampum wonga yenom zol zoobie zoot

Adjective(7 words)

nuanceless pointless robust rude short stupid uncivil

Adjective(5 words)

outspoken plainspoken point-blank stark straight-from-the-shoulder

Related word relations

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

8 relation types

More general

6 entries

alter change desensitise desensitize modify weaken

Synonyms

9 entries

blunten curt deaden dull numb reefer stark straight from shoulder stupid

Related terms

2 entries

bluntly dull

derived

11 entries

blunt instrument blunt-nosed viper blunt-witted bluntable blunten bluntish bluntly bluntness bluntnose bluntslide semiblunt

has context

3 entries

slang smoking uk

manner of

2 entries

change weaken

related to

17 entries

acute bluntly cartwheel cigar civility dull fencer foil insensitive marijuana money needle playboating point sharp unceremonious

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similar

8 entries

direct dull pointless unconditional unconditioned unpointed

Translations

222 translations across 67 languages.

Aklanon

1 entries

dumpoe adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)

Ancient Greek

4 entries

κωφός adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
ἀμβλύς adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
ἀμβλύνω verb (to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker)
ἀμβλύνω verb (to repress or weaken)

Arabic

1 entries

كَلِيل adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)

Armenian

2 entries

բութ adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
բութ adj (dull in understanding; slow of discernment)

Bashkir

3 entries

тупаҡ adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
тупаҫ adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
үтмәҫ adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)

Basque

1 entries

kamuts adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)

Belarusian

1 entries

тупы́ adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

कुंद adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)

Bulgarian

4 entries

безцеремонен adj (abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious)
глупав adj (dull in understanding; slow of discernment)
нечувствителен adj (hard to impress or penetrate)
притъпен adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)

Burmese

1 entries

တုံး adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)

Catalan

3 entries

rom adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
peta noun (cigar filled with marijuana)
porro noun (cigar filled with marijuana)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

鈍 /钝 adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)

Czech

1 entries

tupý adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)

Danish

2 entries

sløv adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
sløv adj (dull in understanding; slow of discernment)

Dutch

4 entries

bot adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
bot adj (abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious)
stomp adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
afzwakken verb (to repress or weaken)

Esperanto

1 entries

malakra adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)

Estonian

2 entries

nüri adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
otsekohene adj (abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious)

Finnish

4 entries

hidasälyinen adj (dull in understanding; slow of discernment)
suorasukainen adj (abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious)
tylppä adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
tylsä adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)

French

4 entries

abrupt adj (abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious)
idiot adj (dull in understanding; slow of discernment)
obtus adj (dull in understanding; slow of discernment)
sot adj (dull in understanding; slow of discernment)

Galician

4 entries

brusco adj (abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious)
moucho adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
mouco adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
mouco adj (dull in understanding; slow of discernment)

Georgian

1 entries

ბლაგვი adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)

German

4 entries

abgestumpft adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
abgestumpft adj (hard to impress or penetrate)
stumpf adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
stumpf adj (dull in understanding; slow of discernment)

Greek

4 entries

αμβλύς adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
αμβλύς adj (dull in understanding; slow of discernment)
αμβλύνω verb (to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker)
αμβλύνω verb (to repress or weaken)

Hebrew

1 entries

קֵהֶה adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)

Hindi

2 entries

कुंद adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
मुँहफट adj (abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious)

Hungarian

2 entries

tompa adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
életlen adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)

Icelandic

1 entries

sljór adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)

Indonesian

2 entries

majal adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
tumpul adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)

Ingrian

3 entries

nyrhi adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
tylppä adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
tyltsä adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)

Italian

4 entries

ottuso adj (dull in understanding; slow of discernment)
spuntato adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
spuntato adj (hard to impress or penetrate)
smussare verb (to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker)

Japanese

2 entries

ストレート adj (abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious)
鈍い adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries

tāi verb (to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker)

Khmer

1 entries

រឹល adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)

Korean

2 entries

무딘 adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
무딘 adj (dull in understanding; slow of discernment)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

мокок adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)

Latin

3 entries

hebes adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
obtusus adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
retusus adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)

Latvian

2 entries

neass adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
truls adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)

Lithuanian

1 entries

bukas adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)

Macedonian

4 entries

груб adj (abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious)
на́гол adj (abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious)
о́стар adj (abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious)
о́тсечен adj (abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious)

Malay

1 entries

tumpul adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)

Manx

2 entries

angheyre adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
neuvirragh adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)

Mongolian

2 entries

мохоо adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
мохоо adj (dull in understanding; slow of discernment)

Māori

4 entries

hāpūpū adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
kiporo adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
kotehe adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
kuruhuki adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

stump adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

stump adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)

Occitan

1 entries

mos adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

كور adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)

Persian

2 entries

کند adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
کند adj (dull in understanding; slow of discernment)

Polish

3 entries

bezceremonialny adj (abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious)
tępy adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
blant noun (cigar filled with marijuana)

Portuguese

4 entries

brusco adj (abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious)
cego adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
obtuso adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
obtuso adj (dull in understanding; slow of discernment)

Romanian

3 entries

bont adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
neascutit adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
tocit adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)

Russian

4 entries

гру́бый adj (abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious)
тупо́й adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
тупо́й adj (dull in understanding; slow of discernment)
кося́к noun (cigar filled with marijuana)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

tup adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
туп adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
bȕksna noun (cigar filled with marijuana)
бу̏ксна noun (cigar filled with marijuana)

Sicilian

3 entries

francu adj (abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious)
schittu adj (abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious)
tunnu adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)

Slovak

1 entries

tupý adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)

Slovene

1 entries

top adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)

Southern Altai

3 entries

моко adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
томтык adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
ӧтпӧс adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)

Spanish

4 entries

boto adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
boto adj (dull in understanding; slow of discernment)
botoso adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
botoso adj (dull in understanding; slow of discernment)

Swedish

4 entries

trubbig adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
joint noun (cigar filled with marijuana)
jolle noun (cigar filled with marijuana)
joppe noun (cigar filled with marijuana)

Tamil

4 entries

அப்பட்டமான adj (abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious)
அப்பட்டம் adj (abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious)
மந்தம் adj (dull in understanding; slow of discernment)
மழுங்கிய adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)

Tausug

1 entries

tumpul adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)

Thai

4 entries

ทื่อ adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
ทื่อ adj (dull in understanding; slow of discernment)
ทื่อ adj (abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious)
ทู่ adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)

Turkish

1 entries

küt adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)

Ukrainian

1 entries

тупи́й adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)

Vietnamese

1 entries

cùn adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)

Welsh

4 entries

di-awch adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)
di-flewyn-ar-dafod adj (abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious)
diseremoni adj (abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious)
plaen adj (abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious)

Zazaki

1 entries

xırt adj (having a thick edge or point, not sharp)

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

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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!

Source: tatoeba (326816)

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

Source: tatoeba (498428)

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

Source: tatoeba (940939)

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