BLUNT

Meaning of BLUNT in English

Function: transitive verb

Date: 14th century

: to make less sharp, definite, or forceful

intransitive verb : to become blunt

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 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 — (NOT SHARP) [adjective] -er, -est - (of a pencil, knife, etc.) not able to cut; not sharpThis knife's too blunt …
Cambridge English vocab
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. 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

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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