Word Direct Answers

What does "blunt" mean?

Blunt: Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; -- opposed to acute. His wits are not so blunt. Shak.

Additional senses

  1. 2.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.
  2. 3.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.
  3. 4.To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt. Shak.
  4. 5.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.
  5. 6.A fencer's foil. [Obs.]
  6. 7.A short needle with a strong point. See Needle.
  7. 8.Money. [Cant] Beaconsfield.

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