| Verb | 1. | blunt - make less intense; "blunted emotions"weaken - lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body" | |
| 2. | blunt - make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses"desensitise, desensitize - cause not to be sensitive; "The war desensitized many soldiers"; "The photographic plate was desensitized" | |
| 3. | blunt - make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" | |
| 4. | blunt - make less sharp; "blunt the knives"alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" | |
| 5. | blunt - make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" obtund - reduce the edge or violence of; "obtunded reflexes" petrify - cause to become stone-like or stiff or dazed and stunned; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking" | |
| Adj. | 1. | blunt - having a broad or rounded end; "thick marks made by a blunt pencil"pointless, unpointed - not having a point especially a sharp point; "my pencils are all pointless" | |
| 2. | blunt - used of a knife or other blade; not sharp; "a blunt instrument"dull - not having a sharp edge or point; "the knife was too dull to be of any use" | |
| 3. | blunt - characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation"direct - extended senses; direct in means or manner or behavior or language or action; "a direct question"; "a direct response"; "a direct approach" | |
| 4. | blunt - devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline" | |