Meaning & Definition of Blunt in English

1. Make less intense

• "Blunted emotions"

2. Make numb or insensitive

• "The shock numbed her senses"

3. Make dull or blunt

• "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"

4. Make less sharp

• "Blunt the knives"

5. Make less lively, intense, or vigorous

• Impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation

• "Terror blunted her feelings"

• "Deaden a sound"

1. Having a broad or rounded end

• "Thick marks made by a blunt pencil"

2. Used of a knife or other blade

• Not sharp

• "A blunt instrument"

3. 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"

4. Devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment

• "The blunt truth"

• "The crude facts"

• "Facing the stark reality of the deadline"