blunt

blunt is a 5-letter English word with 18 senses as adjective, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 11 · 18 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp.
2. adjective. Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; -- opposed to acute.
3. adjective. Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
4. adjective. Hard to impress or penetrate.
5. transitive verb. To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
6. transitive verb. 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.
7. noun. A fencer's foil.
8. noun. A short needle with a strong point. See Needle.
9. noun. Money.
10. verb. make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation

    "Terror blunted her feelings"

    "deaden a sound"

    Synonyms: deaden

11. verb. make less sharp

    "blunt the knives"

12. verb. make less intense

    "blunted emotions"

13. verb. make dull or blunt

    "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"

    Synonyms: dull

14. verb. make numb or insensitive

    "The shock numbed her senses"

    Synonyms: benumb, dull, numb

15. adjective. devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment

    "the blunt truth"

    "the crude facts"

    Synonyms: crude, stark

16. adjective. characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion

    "blunt talking and straight shooting"

    "a blunt New England farmer"

    Synonyms: candid, forthright, frank, outspoken, plainspoken

17. adjective. used of a knife or other blade; not sharp

    "a blunt instrument"

18. adjective. having a broad or rounded end

    "thick marks made by a blunt pencil"

Synonyms

deaden, dull, benumb, numb, crude, stark, candid, forthright, frank, outspoken, plainspoken

Common word forms

blunts, blunted, blunter, bluntly, bluntest, blunting, bluntness

Words from these letters

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