blunt

(Anglès)

Adj

1. Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.
2. Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute.
3. Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting in the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
4. Hard to impress or penetrate.
5. Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A fencer's practice foil with a soft tip.
2. (countable, uncountable) A short needle with a strong point.
3. (US, countable, slang, uncountable) A marijuana cigar.
4. (UK, archaic, slang, uncountable) Money.
5. (countable, uncountable) A playboating move resembling a cartwheel performed on a wave.

Verb

1. To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
2. (figuratively) To repress or weaken; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/blʌnt/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: blunt

Cognat amb nòrdic antic: blunda

Cognat amb islandès: blunda

Cognat amb suec: blunda

Cognat amb danès: blunde

Heretat de anglès mitjà: blunten

In summary

From Middle English blunt, blont, from Old English *blunt, probably of North Germanic origin, possibly related to Old Norse blunda (“to doze”) (> Icelandic blunda, Swedish blunda, Danish blunde).

Conceptes

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franc

🆓

sincer

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abrupte

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amortir

directe

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escarpat

pendent

plàcid

rost

Sinònims

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obtuse

curt

brusque

not sharp

frank

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crude

outspoken

pointless

stupid

abrupt

short

allay

candid

stark

blunted

plainspoken

rough

straightforward

⬆️

cold

🥶

flat

unsharpened

bluff

uncouth

dulled

point-blank

plump

straight-from-the-shoulder

direct

rude

harsh

free-spoken

bare

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foolish

forthright

deaden

steep

bald

curve

abate

coarse

soften

raw

benumb

offhand

bend

plain

honest