Etymology : Middle English
Pronunciation : 'bl&nt
Function : adjective
Date : 13th century
1. thick needle. make less sharp or intense, dull, soften, alleviate. not sharp; simple, blatant, bare. see:
marijuana. Marijuana cigarette, herb stuffed cigar, generally phillies. blunt\blunt\ , a. [cf. prov. g. bludde a dull or blunt knife, dan. blunde to sleep, sw. & icel. blunda; or perh. akin to e. blind.].
2. having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp. the murderous knife was dull and blunt.
3. dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; -- opposed to acute. his wits are not so blunt.
4. 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.".
5. hard to impress or penetrate. [r.] i find my heart hardened and blunt to new impressions.note: blunt is much used in composition, as blunt-edged, blunt-sighted, blunt-spoken.
6. Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp.
7. Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; opposed to acute.
8. Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
9. Hard to impress or penetrate.
10. To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
11. 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 feelings.
12. A fencer's foil.
13. A short needle with a strong point.
14. See Needle.
15. Money. make less sharp; "blunt the knives" make less intense; "blunted emotions" devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline" used of a knife or other blade; not sharp; "a blunt instrument" having a broad or rounded end; "thick marks made by a blunt pencil".
16. 1. If you are blunt, you say exactly what you think without trying to be polite. She is blunt about her personal life She told the industry in blunt terms that such discrimination is totally unacceptable. + bluntly blunt·ly `I don't believe you!' Jeanne said bluntly To put it bluntly, he became a pain. + bluntness blunt·ness His bluntness got him into trouble.
17. A blunt object has a rounded or flat end rather than a sharp one. One of them had been struck 13 times over the head with a blunt object. ¡Ù pointed.
18. A blunt knife or blade is no longer sharp and does not cut well. ¡Ù sharp.
19. If something blunts an emotion, a feeling or a need, it weakens it. The constant repetition of violence has blunted the human response to it.