blunt
b luhnt
- v make less intense
blunted emotions - v make numb or insensitive
- v make dull or blunt
- v make less sharp
blunt the knives - v make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
Terror blunted her feelings - s having a broad or rounded end
thick marks made by a blunt pencil - s used of a knife or other blade; not sharp
a blunt instrument - s characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
blunt talking and straight shooting
a blunt New England farmer - s devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
the blunt truth
- Less irascible and blunt than his hard-driving predecessor Zhu Rongji, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has earned the reputation of being a modest, even-tempered and practical person .
- According to two sources with knowledge of the meeting, the Army and Marine officers were blunt.
- Modern history has a way of being modest with its gifts and blunt with its reckonings.