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say it: bluhnt
blunt is a verb and adjective meaning "make less intense". It carries 9 recorded senses.
make dull or blunt
“Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge”
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
“blunt talking and straight shooting”
“a blunt New England farmer”
“I gave them my candid opinion”
“forthright criticism”
“a forthright approach to the problem”
“tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank”
“it is possible to be outspoken without being rude”
“plainspoken and to the point”
“a point-blank accusation”
devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
“the blunt truth”
“the crude facts”
“facing the stark reality of the deadline”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for blunt come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.