verb
1. make less lively, intense, or vigorous
impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
e.g. Terror blunted her feelings
deaden a sound
Synonym: deaden
2. make less sharp
e.g. blunt the knives
3. make less intense
e.g. blunted emotions
4. make dull or blunt
e.g. Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge
Synonym: dull
5. make numb or insensitive
e.g. The shock numbed her senses
Synonym: numbbenumbdull
blunt什么意思
adj
1. devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
e.g. the blunt truth
the crude facts
facing the stark reality of the deadline
Synonym: crude(a)stark(a)
2. characterized by directness in manner or speech
without subtlety or evasion
e.g. 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
Synonym: candidforthrightfrankfree-spokenoutspokenplainspokenpoint-blankstraight-from-the-shoulder
3. used of a knife or other blade
not sharp
e.g. a blunt instrument
4. having a broad or rounded end
e.g. thick marks made by a blunt pencil