DICTOMETER

BLUNT

1. Synonyms:
   • Blunt
   Definitions:
   • make less intense
   Examples:
   • Blunted emotions
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Numb
   • Benumb
   • Blunt
   • Dull
   Definitions:
   • make numb or insensitive
   Examples:
   • The shock numbed her senses
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Dull
   • Blunt
   Definitions:
   • make dull or blunt
   Examples:
   • Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Blunt
   Definitions:
   • make less sharp
   Examples:
   • Blunt the knives
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Deaden
   • Blunt
   Definitions:
   • make less lively, intense, or vigorous
   • impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
   Examples:
   • Terror blunted her feelings
   • Deaden a sound
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Blunt
   Definitions:
   • having a broad or rounded end
   Examples:
   • Thick marks made by a blunt pencil
   Antonyms:
   • Pointed
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Blunt
   Definitions:
   • used of a knife or other blade
   • not sharp
   Examples:
   • A blunt instrument
   Antonyms:
   • Sharp
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Blunt
   • Candid
   • Forthright
   • Frank
   • Free-spoken
   • Outspoken
   • Plainspoken
   • Point-blank
   • Straight-from-the-shoulder
   Definitions:
   • characterized by directness in manner or speech
   • without subtlety or evasion
   Examples:
   • Blunt talking and straight shooting
   • A blunt New England farmer
   • I gave them my candid opinion
   • Forthright criticism
   • A forthright approach to the problem
   • Tell me what you think
   Antonyms:
   • Indirect
   
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Blunt
   • Crude
   • Stark
   Definitions:
   • devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
   Examples:
   • The blunt truth
   • The crude facts
   • Facing the stark reality of the deadline
   Antonyms:
   • Conditional