Blunt - definition, pronunciation, transcription
verb
- make dull or blunt (syn: dull)
- make less sharp
adjective
a blunt New England farmer
Extra examples
To be perfectly blunt, I find her annoying.
He was blunt about needing more privacy.
...the mushy music blunted the effect of the movie's final tragic scene...
Its edges will never blunt.
Sharpen all your blunt knives.
To be blunt, many of the candidates cannot read or write.
Julian's blunt words hurt her.
The bad weather blunted their enthusiasm for camping.
His demeanour was so blunt as sometimes might be termed clownish.
Terror blunted her feelings
These amendments will blunt the edge of the legislation.
The killer struck him with a blunt object.
He sawed at the loaf with a blunt knife.
The victim suffered a blow to the head from a blunt instrument.
The exams are a blunt instrument which will reveal little about children's abilities.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: blunt
he/she/it: blunts
present participle: blunting
past tense: blunted
past participle: blunted
comparative: blunter
superlative: bluntest
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