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blunt.

Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/blʌnt/Received-Pronunciation, US/blʊnt/Northern-England

  1. Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.

  2. Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute.

  3. Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting in the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.

    I was taken aback by the blunt admission that he had never liked my company.

  4. Hard to impress or penetrate.

  5. Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English blunt, blont, from Old English *blunt, probably of North Germanic origin, possibly related to Old Norse blunda (“to shut eyes, to doze”), related to blind (> Icelandic blunda, Swedish blunda, Danish blunde). Compare the Scandinavian-German munitons term blind (“non-live, dummy”), opposite of skarp (“live”, literally, “sharp”): Swedish and Danish blind patron (“dummy round”), Danish blindt skud, German blinder schuss (“dummy shot”), blinde granate (“dummy grenade”).

noun/blʌnt/Received-Pronunciation, US/blʊnt/Northern-England

  1. A fencer's practice foil with a soft tip.

    countable · uncountable

  2. A short needle with a strong point.

    countable · uncountable

  3. A marijuana cigar.

    US · countable · slang · uncountable

  4. Money.

    UK · archaic · slang · uncountable

  5. A playboating move resembling a cartwheel performed on a wave.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English blunt, blont, from Old English *blunt, probably of North Germanic origin, possibly related to Old Norse blunda (“to shut eyes, to doze”), related to blind (> Icelandic blunda, Swedish blunda, Danish blunde). Compare the Scandinavian-German munitons term blind (“non-live, dummy”), opposite of skarp (“live”, literally, “sharp”): Swedish and Danish blind patron (“dummy round”), Danish blindt skud, German blinder schuss (“dummy shot”), blinde granate (“dummy grenade”).

verb/blʌnt/Received-Pronunciation, US/blʊnt/Northern-England

  1. To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.

  2. To repress or weaken; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of

    figuratively
    It blunted my appetite.
    My feeling towards her have been blunted.
Where this word comes from

From Middle English blunten, blonten, from the adjective (see above).

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