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Definition of blunt : 1. A fencer's foil.
2. A short needle with a strong point. See Needle.
3. Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
4. Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; - opposed to acute.
5. Hard to impress or penetrate.
6. Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp.
7. Money.
8. To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
9. 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.

Synonyms:

rough, blustering, tone down, heart-to-heart, impolite, point-blank, benumb, thoughtless, unconditional, bluff, short-spoken, brusk, girdle, plainspoken, damp, attitude, dampen, uncivil, forthright, bold, unmannerly, coarse, undiplomatic, inconsiderate, crusty, pall, rude, muffle, free-spoken, mute, unceremonious, discourteous, vocal, crude, tactless, straight-from-the-shoulder

hard-boiled, passive, insensitive, aloof, emotionless, numb, cold-blooded, heartless, hard, nonchalant, stony, hardhearted, uncompassionate, ruthless, apathetic, objective, hardened, passionless, anesthetized, unfeeling, unemotional, tough, unsympathetic, indifferent, detached, callous, dispassionate, unconcerned

concise, terse, abrupt, curt, incisive, brusque, to the point, compact, succinct, short, short and sweet, brief

brisk, ascetic, obdurate, spare, crisp, gruff, inflexible, rigorous, relentless, Draconian, stern, stringent, stiff-necked, basic, acute, austere, intense, oppressive, critical, demanding, prudish, cool, dour, disciplined, strait-laced, intolerant, harsh, keen, icy, rigid, hidebound, astringent, unbending, precise, severe, lean, cutting, meticulous, censorious, Spartan, chilly, raw, frosty, bleak, grim, imperial, acerbic, obstinate, correct, strict, exacting, tart, dry, authoritarian, piquant, uncompromising, fundamental, stark, caustic, sharp, acrimonious, puritanical

prosaic, simple, bald, clear, ordinary, casual, outspoken, intelligible, folksy, uncluttered, informal, unpoetical, unpretentious, unadorned

desensitize, unsharpened, diminish, soften, unpointed, deaden, rounded, pointless

dim, soporific, boorish, dull, drowsy, slow, dense, bovine, sleepy, benumbed, ponderous, lethargic, obtuse, besotted, thick-witted, stupefied, round, stupid, loutish, comatose, cloddish, sluggish, doltish

naive, sincere, frank, undeceptive, honest, overt, callow, trusting, downright, unsophisticated, artless, outgoing, candid, direct, undisguised, unbeguiling, natural, unrestrained, plain-spoken, unaffected, open, unartful, plain, broad, ingenuous, genuine, uncalculating, undeceitful, un-artificial, straightforward, undeceiving

Usage examples:

• Few who had much to do with her did like Lady Blunt. - "The Gem Collector", P. G. Wodehouse.
• My manners are blunt and rude- oh, how different from yours! - "Love Me Little, Love Me Long", Charles Reade Edition: 10 Language: English.
• Then a blue- tailed lizard will frisk over the ceiling- or perhaps one of those big, heavy ones with blunt, red heads. - "Quick Action", Robert W. Chambers.