blunt
verb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
make less intense
blunted emotions
Types & categories
- weaken hypernym
Sense 2 adjective
having a broad or rounded end
thick marks made by a blunt pencil
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
make numb or insensitive
The shock numbed her senses
Types & categories
- desensitize hypernym
Sense 4 adjective
used of a knife or other blade; not sharp
a blunt instrument
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
make dull or blunt
Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- sharpen antonym
Sense 6 adjective
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
blunt talking and straight shooting
Related & opposite
- outspokenness derivation
- bluntness derivation
- frankness derivation
- direct similar to
Sense 7 verb
make less sharp
blunt the knives
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Sense 8 adjective
devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
the blunt truth
Related & opposite
- starkness derivation
- unconditional similar to
Sense 9 verb
make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
Terror blunted her feelings
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | weaken |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bluntness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | pointless |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | desensitize |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | bluntness |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | dull |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | sharpen |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | outspokenness |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | bluntness |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | frankness |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | direct |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | starkness |
| 8 | similar to | Related & opposite | unconditional |
| 9 | antonym | Related & opposite | liven |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | deadening |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | obtund |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | petrify |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | soften |