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单词 blunt
释义
Blunt
vverb.changemake less intense
Examples:
  • blunted emotions
Hypernyms:weaken
Inherited Hypernyms:bluntweakenchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.perceptionmake numb or insensitive
Synset:benumb dull numb
Examples:
  • The shock numbed her senses
Hypernyms:desensitise desensitize
Inherited Hypernyms:numbdesensitizechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: numb, benumb) | The bad news will --- him (apply to: numb, benumb)
vverb.contactmake dull or blunt
Synset:dull
Examples:
  • Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge
Antonyms:sharpen
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:dullchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changemake less sharp
Examples:
  • blunt the knives
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:bluntchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changemake less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
Synset:deaden
Examples:
  • Terror blunted her feelings
  • deaden a sound
Antonyms:enliven
Derivationally Related Form:deadening
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:deadenchange
Direct Hyponyms:breakdampdampenobtundpetrifysoftenweaken
Full Troponyms:dampendeafenobtundpetrify
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
adj satadj.allhaving a broad or rounded end
Examples:
  • thick marks made by a blunt pencil
Antonyms:pointed
Derivationally Related Form:bluntness
Inherited Hypernyms:blunt
Similar to:pointless unpointed
adj satadj.allused of a knife or other blade; not sharp
Examples:
  • a blunt instrument
Antonyms:sharp
Derivationally Related Form:bluntness
Inherited Hypernyms:blunt
Similar to:dull
adj satadj.allcharacterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
Synset:candid forthright frank free-spoken outspoken plainspoken point-blank straight-from-the-shoulder
Examples:
  • 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
Antonyms:indirect
Derivationally Related Form:bluntnessforthrightnessfranknesscandidnessoutspokenness
Inherited Hypernyms:blunt
Similar to:direct
adj satadj.alldevoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
Synset:crude stark
Examples:
  • the blunt truth
  • the crude facts
  • facing the stark reality of the deadline
Antonyms:conditional
Derivationally Related Form:starkness
Inherited Hypernyms:blunt
Similar to:unconditional unconditioned
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