blunt
- Adjective. Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; not sharp.
- Adjective. Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute.
- Adjective. Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
- Adjective. Hard to impress or penetrate.
- Adjective. Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive.
- Noun. A fencer's foil.
- Noun. A short needle with a strong point.
- Noun. (context, smoking) A marijuana cigar.
- Verb. To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
- Verb. (figuratively) 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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