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blunted
blunt B0351600 (blŭnt)adj. blunt·er, blunt·est 1. Having a dull edge or end; not sharp.2. a. Abrupt and often disconcertingly frank in speech: "People [in the Western US] are blunt with one another, sometimes even cruel, believing honesty is stronger medicine than sympathy" (Gretel Ehrlich). See Synonyms at gruff.b. Stark; unadorned: "The blunt truth ... is that he is devoid of political courage" (Jeff Jacoby).3. Slow to perceive, understand, or feel; dull or insensitive: "I felt blunt with shock when I heard the news" (Sallie Bingham).v. blunt·ed, blunt·ing, blunts v.tr.1. To dull the edge of (a knife, for example).2. To make less effective; weaken: blunting the criticism with a smile.v.intr. To become blunt: When the scraper blade blunts, you will have to replace it.n.1. A cigar whose interior has been hollowed out and filled with marijuana.2. A marijuana cigarette that has been rolled in a cigar's tobacco leaf wrapper instead of rolling paper.
[Middle English. N., short for Phillies Blunt, a trademark for cigars of a type often used to make blunts.]
blunt′ly adv.blunt′ness n.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | blunted - made dull or bluntdulleddull - not having a sharp edge or point; "the knife was too dull to be of any use" |
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