1. Used of a knife or other blade; not sharp
   "a blunt instrument"
    
2. Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
   "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer";
   - candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder
    
3. Devoid of any qualifications, disguise or adornment
   "the blunt truth";
   - crude, stark, brute
    
4. Having a broad or rounded end
   "thick marks made by a blunt pencil"

1. Make dull or blunt
   "Too much cutting blunts the knife's edge";
   - dull
    
2. Make less sharp
   "blunt the knives"
    
3. Make less intense
   "blunted emotions"
    
4. Make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigour, force, activity, or sensation
   "Terror blunted her feelings";
   - deaden
    
5. Make numb or insensitive
   "The shock blunted her senses";
   - numb, benumb, dull

Derived forms: bluntest, blunter, blunted, blunting, blunts

See also: direct, dull, pointless, unconditional, unconditioned, unpointed

Type of: alter, change, desensitise [Brit], desensitize, modify, weaken

Antonym: liven, sharpen

Encyclopedia: Blunt, Peter