blunt

  1. Adjective.  Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; not sharp.
  2. Adjective.  Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; 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. Adjective.  Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive.
  6. Noun.  A fencer's foil.
  7. Noun.  A short needle with a strong point.
  8. Noun.  (context, smoking) A marijuana cigar.
  9. Verb.  To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
  10. 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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