blunt

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English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Possibly from Old Norse blundra.

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA: /blɐnt/
• (UK, US) IPA: /blʌnt/

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  Rhymes: -ʌnt

Adjective

blunt (comparative blunter, superlative bluntest)

1. Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; not sharp.
2. Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute.
3. Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
4. Hard to impress or penetrate.
5. 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

blunt instrument

bluntly

bluntness

Translations

Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument

Arabic: كليل (ar) (kaliil) Armenian: բութ (hy) (but') Bulgarian: тъп (bg), притъпен (bg) Catalan: rom Chinese: Mandarin: 鈍 (zh), 钝 (zh) (dùn) Danish: sløv (da) Dutch: stomp (nl), bot (nl) Finnish: tylppä (fi), tylsä (fi)

French: émoussé (fr) German: stumpf, abgestumpft Japanese: 鈍い (ja) (にぶい, nibui) Korean: 무딘 (ko) (mudin) Manx: neuvirragh (gv) Romanian: tocit, neascutit Russian: тупой (ru) (tupój) Swedish: trubbig (sv)

Dull in understanding; slow of discernment

Armenian: բութ (hy) (but') Bulgarian: тъп (bg), глупав (bg) Danish: sløv (da) Finnish: hidasälyinen (fi)

French: sot (fr), obtus (fr), idiot (fr) Italian: ottuso (it) m. Russian: тупой (ru) (tupój)

Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious

Bulgarian: рязък (bg), безцеремонен (bg) Finnish: suorasukainen French: abrupt (fr)

German: ungehobelt, unverblümt Russian: грубый (ru) (grúbyj)

Hard to impress or penetrate

Bulgarian: нечувствителен (bg)

German: abgestumpft

Noun

blunt (plural blunts)

1. A fencer's foil.
2. A short needle with a strong point.
3. (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)

Translations

cigar filled with marijuana

Finnish: marihuanasavuke (fi), (slang) marisätkä (fi)

German: Blunt (de) m.

Verb

blunt (third-person singular simple present blunts, present participle blunting, simple past and past participle blunted)

1. To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
2. (figuratively) 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.
   • 2011 January 12, Saj Chowdhury, “Liverpool 2 - 1 Liverpool”, BBC:

     That settled the Merseysiders for a short while but it did not blunt the home side's spirit.

Translations

To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker

Bulgarian: притъпявам (bg) Finnish: tylsyttää (fi)

French: émousser (fr) German: abstumpfen

To repress or weaken

Finnish: latistaa (fi), (colloquial) lässäyttää (fi)

French: réprimer (fr)

See also

• bluntly

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Anglo-Norman

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *blundaz

Adjective

blunt m. (feminine blunde)

1. blonde