BLUNT

Meaning of BLUNT in English

(NOT SHARP) [adjective] -er, -est - (of a pencil, knife, etc.) not able to cut; not sharpThis knife's too blunt to cut vegetables, please could you sharpen it?The police think that he was murdered with some kind of blunt instrument.

Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012

BLUNT — I. ˈblənt adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English; perhaps akin to Old Norse blunda to doze, Old English blind …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BLUNT — (v. t.) To repress or weaken, as any appetite, desire, or power of the mind; to impair the force, keenness, …
Английский словарь Webster
BLUNT — (v. t.) To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
Английский словарь Webster
BLUNT — ( v. t. ) To repress or weaken, as any appetite, desire, or power of the mind; to impair the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BLUNT — ( v. t. ) To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BLUNT — — bluntly , adv. — bluntness , n. /blunt/ , adj., blunter, bluntest , v. , n. adj. 1. having …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BLUNT — I. ˈblənt adjective Etymology: Middle English Date: 13th century 1. a. : slow or deficient in feeling : insensitive b. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BLUNT — noun a fencer's foil. 2. blunt ·noun money. 3. blunt ·adj hard to impress or penetrate. 4. blunt ·adj having …
Webster English vocab
BLUNT — [blunt] adj [ME] (13c) 1 a: slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive b: obtuse in understanding or discernment: dull 2: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BLUNT — blunt, Blunt BrE AmE blʌnt ▷ blunted ˈblʌnt ɪd əd AmE ˈblʌn t̬ əd ▷ blunter ˈblʌnt ə AmE ˈblʌn …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BLUNT — / blʌnt; NAmE / adjective , verb ■ adjective ( blunt·er , blunt·est ) 1. without a sharp edge or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BLUNT — I. blunt 1 /blʌnt/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Origin: Perhaps from Old Norse blundr 'sleeping' ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BLUNT — I. Blunt, Anthony BrE AmE (1907–1983) a British man who was an art ↑ historian and director of the Courtauld …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BLUNT — adj. & v. --adj. 1 (of a knife, pencil, etc.) lacking in sharpness; having a worn-down point or edge. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BLUNT — adj. & v. adj. 1 (of a knife, pencil, etc.) lacking in sharpness; having a worn-down point or edge. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BLUNT — ( blunter, bluntest, blunts, blunting, blunted) 1. If you are blunt , you say exactly what you think without trying …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BLUNT — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a blunt refusal (= honest and direct but likely to upset someone ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BLUNT — Synonyms and related words : KO, abate, abrupt, affectless, aggressive, allay, alleviate, anesthetize, anesthetized, arctic, artless, assuage, attemper, attenuate, autistic, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BLUNT — I. blunt adjective 1. Synonyms: dull 6, obtuse Related Word: unpointed, unsharp; insensitive Contrasted words: acuminate, acute Antonyms: keen, sharp …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
BLUNT — I. verb Blunt is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ effect II. adj. Blunt is used with these …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BLUNT — n. 25B6; adjective a blunt knife : UNSHARPENED, dull, worn, edgeless. the leaf is broad with a blunt tip : …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BLUNT — adj. 1 dull, worn This knife is too blunt to cut bread 2 abrupt, curt, rough-spoken, plain-spoken, short, direct, candid, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BLUNT — 1. прил. 1) тупой blunt angle 2) непонятливый, туповатый Syn : slow-witted, dull 3) грубоватый His demeanour was so blunt …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BLUNT — blunt.ogg 1. blʌnt n 1. штопальная иголка 2. разг. дурак, болван 3. сл. деньги, наличные 2. blʌnt a 1. тупой …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BLUNT — blunt прил.1) тупой - blunt angle 2) непонятливый, туповатый Syn:slow-witted, dull 3) грубоватый His demeanour was so blunt as sometimes …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
BLUNT — 1. blʌnt n 1. штопальная иголка 2. разг. дурак, болван 3. сл. деньги, наличные 2. blʌnt a 1. тупой blunt …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BLUNT — 1. прил. 1) тупой - blunt angle 2) непонятливый, туповатый Syn: slow-witted , dull 3) грубоватый His demeanour was so …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
BLUNT — 1. прил. 1) тупой - blunt angle 2) непонятливый, туповатый Syn: slow-witted, dull 3) грубоватый His demeanour was so blunt as sometimes might be termed clownish. — …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
BLUNT — 1. прил. 1) тупой blunt angle 2) непонятливый, туповатый Syn : slow-witted, dull 3) грубоватый His demeanour was so blunt …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
BLUNT — obtusi, desacut; abrupt; v. blasar
English interlingue dictionary
BLUNT — mahabol
English-Visayan vocabulary
BLUNT — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English Date: 13th century 1. slow or deficient in feeling ; insensitive , obtuse in understanding …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BLUNT — (n.) Money.
Английский словарь Webster
BLUNT — (n.) A short needle with a strong point. See Needle.
Английский словарь Webster
BLUNT — (n.) A fencer's foil.
Английский словарь Webster
BLUNT — (a.) Hard to impress or penetrate.
Английский словарь Webster
BLUNT — (a.) Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
Английский словарь Webster
BLUNT — (a.) Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; -- opposed to acute.
Английский словарь Webster
BLUNT — (a.) Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp.
Английский словарь Webster
BLUNT — ( n. ) Money.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BLUNT — ( n. ) A short needle with a strong point. See Needle.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BLUNT — ( n. ) A fencer's foil.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BLUNT — ( a. ) Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BLUNT — ( a. ) Hard to impress or penetrate.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BLUNT — ( a. ) Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; -- opposed to acute.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BLUNT — ( a. ) Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BLUNT — adj. not sharp; simple, blatant, bare; characterized by truthfulness in speech
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BLUNT — v. make less sharp or intense, dull, soften, alleviate
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BLUNT — n. thick needle
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BLUNT — n. Function: noun Etymology: blunt a short, thick cigar, from 1 blunt Date: 1990 : a cigar that has been …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BLUNT — n. Function: transitive verb Date: 14th century : to make less sharp, definite, or forceful intransitive verb : to become …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BLUNT — n. Pronunciation: ' bl ə nt Function: adjective Etymology: Middle English Date: 13th century 1 a : slow or deficient …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BLUNT — ■ adjective 1》 lacking a sharp edge or point. ↘having a flat or rounded end. 2》 uncompromisingly forthright in manner. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
BLUNT — adj. & v. --adj. 1. (of a knife, pencil, etc.) lacking in sharpness; having a worn-down point or edge. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
BLUNT — (~er, ~est, ~s, ~ing, ~ed) 1. If you are ~, you say exactly what you think without trying to be …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
BLUNT — Noun. A marijuana/cannabis cigarette. More specifically, especially in the U.S., a blunt is marijuana rolled in the outer leaves of …
Slang English vocab
BLUNT — Money. Cant.
Slang English vocab
BLUNT — Classification: City Located in: South Dakota (SD) Total Population (2000): 370 Total Housing Units (2000): 178 Land Area (square meters): …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
BLUNT — n. Function: noun Synonyms: MONEY , ||brass, ||bread, ||cabbage, ||chips, ||dibs, ||dinero, ||do-re-mi, ||jack, ||long green
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
BLUNT — n. Function: verb 1 Synonyms: DULL 3, disedge, obtund, turn 2 Synonyms: DEADEN 1, benumb, desensitize, dull, mull, numb 3 …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
BLUNT — n. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: DULL 6, obtuse Related Words: unpointed, unsharp; insensitive Contrasted Words: acuminate, acute Antonyms: keen, sharp …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
BLUNT — I . a. 1. Dull, obtuse, pointless, edgeless. 2. Dull-witted, dull, thick-witted, obtuse, stupid, stolid. 3. Abrupt, bluff, plain, uncourtly, …
Dictionary of English Synonyms
BLUNT — I. verb
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
BLUNT — See ↑ HONEST 3, ↑ SHARP 3
Longman Activator English vocab

Cambridge English vocab

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