—Synonyms 1.See dull.2. short, gruff, rough, rude, uncivil, impolite. Blunt,bluff,brusque,curt characterize manners and speech. Blunt suggests lack of polish and of regard for the feelings of others: blunt and tactless. Bluff implies an unintentional roughness together with so much good-natured heartiness that others rarely take offense: a bluff sea captain. Brusque connotes sharpness and abruptness of speech or manner: a brusque denial. Curt applies esp. to disconcertingly concise language: a curt reply. 3. dimwitted, thick, stolid. 4. dull.
c.1200, "dull, obtuse," perhaps from O.N. blundra (see blunder). Meaning "abrupt of speech or manner" is from 1590. Blunt, street slang for "marijuana and tobacco cigar" (easier to pass around, easier to disguise, and the stimulant in the tobacco enhances the high from the pot) surfaced c.1993, but is said to have originated among Jamaicans in New York City in the early 1980s; from Phillies Blunt brand cigars.
"Users say that the Phillies Blunt brand produces less harsh-tasting or sweeter smoke. The leaf wrapper of a Phillies Blunt is strong enough to hold together through the manipulations of making a blunt. Other brands fall apart." [http://nepenthes.lycaeum.org/Drugs/THC/Smoke/blunts.html]
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"
verb
1.
make less intense; "blunted emotions"
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make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses" [syn: numb]
3.
make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge" [syn: dull] [ant: sharpen]
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" [syn: deaden] [ant: animate]
Blunt, SD (city, FIPS 6180) Location: 44.51547 N, 99.98797 W Population (1990): 342 (172 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57522
A*cute"\, a. [L. acutus, p. p. of acuere to sharpen, fr. a root ak to be sharp. Cf. Ague, Cute, Edge.]1. Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; -- opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf. 2. Having nice discernment; perceiving or using minute distinctions; penetrating; clever; shrewd; -- opposed to dull or stupid; as, an acute observer; acute remarks, or reasoning. 3. Having nice or quick sensibility; susceptible to slight impressions; acting keenly on the senses; sharp; keen; intense; as, a man of acute eyesight, hearing, or feeling; acute pain or pleasure. 4. High, or shrill, in respect to some other sound; -- opposed to grave or low; as, an acute tone or accent. 5. (Med.) Attended with symptoms of some degree of severity, and coming speedily to a crisis; -- opposed to chronic; as, an acute disease. Acute angle (Geom.), an angle less than a right angle. Syn: Subtile; ingenious; sharp; keen; penetrating; sagacious; sharp-witted; shrewd; discerning; discriminating. See Subtile.
Blunt\, a. [Cf. Prov. G. bludde a dull or blunt knife, Dan. blunde to sleep, Sw. & Icel. blunda; or perh. akin to E. blind.]1. Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp. The murderous knife was dull and blunt. --Shak. 2. Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; -- opposed to acute. His wits are not so blunt. --Shak. 3. Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech. "Hiding his bitter jests in blunt behavior." "A plain, blunt man." --Shak. 4. Hard to impress or penetrate. [R.] I find my heart hardened and blunt to new impressions. --Pope. Note: Blunt is much used in composition, as blunt-edged, blunt-sighted, blunt-spoken. Syn: Obtuse; dull; pointless; curt; short; coarse; rude; brusque; impolite; uncivil.
Blunt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Blunting.]1. To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt. --Shak. 2. 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.
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