BLUNT


Meaning of BLUNT in English

adj. & v.

--adj.

1. (of a knife, pencil, etc.) lacking in sharpness; having a worn-down point or edge.

2 (of a person or manner) direct, uncompromising, outspoken.

--v.tr. make blunt or less sharp.

Derivatives:

bluntly adv. (in sense 2 of adj.). bluntness n.

Etymology: ME perh. f. Scand.: cf. ON blunda shut the eyes

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.