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blunt::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | benumb, dull, numb |
| Type of | desensitize, desensitise |
blunt::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder |
| Derivation | bluntness |
blunt talking and straight shooting.
a blunt New England farmer.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | bluntness |
thick marks made by a blunt pencil.
blunt::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | bluntness |
a blunt instrument.
Examples of blunt
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That's why its failings can blunt what little dynamism remains in the Old World.
From the businessweek.com
In the U.S., companies often blunt the effect of dilution by buying back shares.
From the businessweek.com
The brain injury also involved multiple blunt-force injuries, the official said.
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He was attacked and died from some sort of blunt-force trauma, authorities said.
From the thenewstribune.com
To be blunt, yesterday only promised a rich international future for the latter.
From the independent.co.uk
Perhaps the last word should be left for him in his blunt and determined manner.
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Yet Shaq pulled a blunt ax on all of them, where a scalpel would have done fine.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Federal guidelines for reporting job numbers are lengthy, but also can be blunt.
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Her blunt comments less than a year ago got her ostracized by her own teammates.
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- Having a broad or rounded end; "thick marks made by a blunt pencil"
- Make less intense; "blunted emotions"
- Numb: make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses"
- Used of a knife or other blade; not sharp; "a blunt instrument"
- 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 ...
- Dull: make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"
- Cannabis smoking involves inhaling vapors released by heating the flowers and subtending leaves and stems of the Cannabis sativa and Indica plants, known as marijuana. ...
- A blunt is a cigar which is wider than a cigarillo and not quite as wide as a Corona. These cigars typically consist of two main parts; the inner leaf, which is similar to a cigarette rolling paper, except it is made of tobacco, and a thicker outer leaf which is rolled around the inner leaf in a ...
- The Elder Scrolls (abbreviated as TES) is a role-playing video game series developed by Bethesda Softworks.
