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Webster 1913 Edition
Blunt
Blunt
(blŭnt)
, Adj.
[Cf. Prov. G.
bludde
a dull or blunt knife, Dan. blunde
to sleep, Sw. & Icel. blunda
; or perh. akin to E. blind
.] 1.
Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp.
The murderous knife was dull and
blunt
. Shakespeare
2.
Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; – opposed to
acute
. His wits are not so
blunt
. Shakespeare
3.
Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
“Hiding his bitter jests in blunt behavior.” “A plain, blunt man.” Shak.
4.
Hard to impress or penetrate.
[R.]
I find my heart hardened and
blunt
to new impressions. Pope.
☞ Blunt is much used in composition, as blunt-edged, blunt-sighted, blunt-spoken.
Syn. – Obtuse; dull; pointless; curt; short; coarse; rude; brusque; impolite; uncivil.
Blunt
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Blunted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Blunting
.] 1.
To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
Shak.
2.
To repress or weaken, as any appetite, desire, or power of the mind; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of;
as, to
. blunt
the feelingsBlunt
,Noun.
1.
A fencer’s foil.
[Obs.]
2.
A short needle with a strong point. See
Needle
. 3.
Money.
[Cant]
Beaconsfield.
Webster 1828 Edition
Blunt
BLUNT
,Adj.
1.
Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp.2.
Dull in understanding; slow of discernment.3.
Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.4.
Hard to penetrate. [Unusual.]BLUNT
,Verb.
T.
1.
To repress or weaken any appetite, desire or power of the mind; to impair the force of any passion which affects the mind, or of any evil or good which affects the body; as, to blunt the edge of love, of pain, or of suffering.Your ceaseless endeavors will be exerted to blunt the stings of pain.
Definition 2024
Blunt
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See also: Blunt
English
Adjective
blunt (comparative blunter, superlative bluntest)
- Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.
- William Shakespeare (c.1564–1616)
- The murderous knife was dull and blunt.
- 1944, Miles Burton, The Three Corpse Trick, chapter 5:
- The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 17, in The China Governess:
- The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue. […].
- William Shakespeare (c.1564–1616)
- Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute.
- William Shakespeare (c.1564–1616)
- His wits are not so blunt.
- William Shakespeare (c.1564–1616)
- Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
- the blunt admission that he had never liked my company
- William Shakespeare (c.1564–1616)
- a plain, blunt man
- Hard to impress or penetrate.
- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
- I find my heart hardened and blunt to new impressions.
- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
- Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive.
Synonyms
- (having a thick edge or point): dull, pointless, coarse
- (dull in understanding): stupid, obtuse
- (abrupt in address): curt, short, rude, brusque, impolite, uncivil, harsh
Derived terms
Terms derived from blunt
Translations
Having a thick edge or point, not sharp
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Dull in understanding; slow of discernment
Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious
Hard to impress or penetrate
Noun
blunt (plural blunts)
- A fencer's practice foil with a soft tip.
- A short needle with a strong point.
- (smoking) A marijuana cigar.
- 2005: 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!” — Martin Torgoff, Can't Find My Way Home (Simon & Schuster 2005, p. 461)
- (Britain, slang, archaic, uncountable) money
- Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers
- Down he goes to the Commons, to see the lawyer and draw the blunt […]
- Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers
- A playboating move resembling a cartwheel performed on a wave.
Translations
cigar filled with marijuana
Verb
blunt (third-person singular simple present blunts, present participle blunting, simple past and past participle blunted)
- To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
- (figuratively) To repress or weaken; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of
- It blunted my appetite.
- My feeling towards her have been blunted.
Translations
To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker
To repress or weaken
See also
Old French
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *blundaz.
Adjective
blunt m (oblique and nominative feminine singular blunde)
- Alternative form of blont