Blunt (?), a. [Cf. Prov. G. bludde a dull or blunt knife, Dan. blunde to sleep, Sw. & Icel. blunda; or perh. akin to E. blind.]
1.
Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp.
The murderous knife was dull and blunt.
Shak.
2.
Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; -- opposed to acute.
His wits are not so blunt.
Shak.
3.
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.
4.
Hard to impress or penetrate.
[R.]
I find my heart hardened and blunt to new impressions.
Pope.
⇒ Blunt is much used in composition, as blunt-edged, blunt-sighted, blunt-spoken.
Syn. -- Obtuse; dull; pointless; curt; short; coarse; rude; brusque; impolite; uncivil.
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Blunt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Blunting.]
1.
To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
Shak.
2.
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.
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Blunt, n.
1.
A fencer's foil.
[Obs.]
2.
A short needle with a strong point. See Needle.
3.
Money.
[Cant]
Beaconsfield.
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