blunt

Meanings

• make less intense
  • "blunted emotions"
• make numb or insensitive
• make dull or blunt
• make less sharp
  • "blunt the knives"
• make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
  • "Terror blunted her feelings"
• having a broad or rounded end
  • "thick marks made by a blunt pencil"
• used of a knife or other blade; not sharp
  • "a blunt instrument"
• characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
  • "blunt talking and straight shooting"
  • "a blunt New England farmer"
• devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
  • "the blunt truth"

Synonyms

benumb, candid, crude, deaden, dull, forthright, frank, free-spoken, numb, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, stark, straight-from-the-shoulder