Thesaurus: blunt

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1. a. Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp.
2. a. Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; -- opposed to acute.
3. a. Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
4. a. Hard to impress or penetrate.
5. v. t. To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
6. v. t. 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. n. A fencer's foil.
8. n. A short needle with a strong point. See Needle.
9. n. Money.
10. adj. having a broad or rounded end
11. adj. used of a knife or other blade; not sharp
12. adj. characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion