Even those productions that mean to “bring Lear home” to the audience seem always to involve fresh bluntings and blurrings of the full effect.
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Blunting
/ˈblʌntɪŋ/
Synonyms for "blunting" (58 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (17)
Noun(9 words)
dilutedulldullingdullnessedge dullingemotional dullingemotional flatteningemotional numbnessgeneralize
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More general
13 entriesalterattenuationattributechangedampeningdecreaseemotional changemodificationmodifiermodifyphysical changesensory alterationwear
More specific
14 entriesblade dullingdampen impactedge bluntingedge dullingemotional bluntinggeneralizeoversimplifyperceptual dullingresponse dampeningrisk attenuationsensory dullingsoften responsetool dullingtool wear
Collocations
13 entriesaffective bluntingblade bluntingblunt edgeblunt forceblunt instrumentblunt traumablunting edgeblunting effectblunting of painedge dullingemotional bluntingperceptual bluntingsensory blunting
Inflections
4 entriesDerivations
4 entriesSample sentences
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