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- US Pronunciation
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- [bluhnt]
- /blʌnt/
- /blʌnt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [bluhnt]
- /blʌnt/
Definitions of blunted word
- adjective blunted having an obtuse, thick, or dull edge or point; rounded; not sharp: a blunt pencil. 1
- adjective blunted abrupt in address or manner: a blunt, ill-timed question. 1
- adjective blunted slow in perception or understanding; obtuse: His isolation has made him blunt about the feelings of others. 1
- verb with object blunted to make blunt or dull: He blunted the knife by using it to cut linoleum. 1
- verb with object blunted to weaken or impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility of: Wine first excites, then blunts the imagination. 1
- verb without object blunted to become blunt or dull. 1
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Origin of blunted
First appearance:
before 1150 One of the 7% oldest English words
1150-1200; Middle English; perhaps akin to blind
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Parts of speech for Blunted
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
blunted popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for blunted
adj blunted
verb blunted
- callused — Pathology, Physiology. a hardened or thickened part of the skin; a callosity. a new growth of osseous matter at the ends of a fractured bone, serving to unite them.
- disenabled — Simple past tense and past participle of disenable.
- etherized — Simple past tense and past participle of etherize.
- obtunded — to blunt; dull; deaden.
adjective blunted
- franked — Simple past tense and past participle of frank.
Antonyms for blunted
verb blunted
- edged — having an edge or edges (often used in combination): dull-edged; a two-edged sword.
- honed — a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
- kindled — Simple past tense and past participle of kindle.
- whetted — to sharpen (a knife, tool, etc.) by grinding or friction.
- wormed — Zoology. any of numerous long, slender, soft-bodied, legless, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates, including the flatworms, roundworms, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, gordiaceans, and annelids.
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