blunt

Significado (Inglés)

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 the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
4. Hard to impress or penetrate.
5. Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive.

Noun

1. A fencer's practice foil with a soft tip.
2. A short needle with a strong point.
3. (slang) A marijuana cigar.
4. (slang) money
5. 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. To repress or weaken; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of

Conceptos

embotado

obtuso

romo

despuntar

embotar

desafilado

arromar

brusco

desafilar

franco

abrupto

crudo

basto

tosco

despuntado

mocho

directo

torpe

deslucir

insensible

sin filo

acantilado

adormecer

apacible

campestre

desabrido

dulce

embargar

escarpado

firme

mitigar

porro

rústico

sincero

sordo

suave

suavizar

Sinónimos

dull

obtuse

curt

brusque

frank

not sharp

make blunt

crude

pointless

outspoken

stupid

abrupt

allay

short

straightforward

⬆️

cold

🥶

unsharpened

blunted

rough

stark

flat

plainspoken

candid

bluff

dulled

deaden

numb

foolish

forthright

plump

uncouth

point-blank

free-spoken

bare

harsh

rude

direct

straight-from-the-shoulder

unworked

unwrought

vulgar

rather rough

rather rude

weaken

uninteresting

honest

unfriendly

boorish

make dull

sag

forward

bend

be blunt

plain

take the edge

benumb

unsharped

offhand

bald

abate

coarse

curve

steep

soften

rather coarse

unpointed

unrefined

brief

raw

sloppy

slow

slow-witted

smooth

snub

soft

soft pedal

stodgy

straight from the shoulder

stubby

sweet

sweeten

take away

tender

thick

thickset

toothless

truncate

truncated

unappealing

unbrace

uncivil

unclad

uncool

undressed

unenlivened

unexciting

unintelligent

unlikeable

unmannerly

unpersuasive

unreserved

wash out

weak

worsen

au naturel

ho-hum

out-spoken

unlikable

juiceless

devitalise

unanimated

unattired

unappareled

ungarbed

ungarmented

unstimulating

brusque discourteous

agrarian

arrogant

ascetic

barren

bland

blunt-pointed

break off

calm

casual

churlish

cut off

damp

dampen

deaf

debilitate

de-escalate

deflate

dense

depress

devitalize

dim-witted

discourage

dour

dozy

drab

drear

dreary

dull-witted

easygoing

emasculate

enervate

enfeeble

free spoken

gentle

gruff

haughty

humdrum

impair

inactive

inattentive

indecent

inhospitable

insolent

jerky

joint

knife

🔪

level

mild

muted

naked

nip

nondescript

notch

offhanded

open

opiate

point blank

poor

proud

rebate

robust

round

rugged

rural

rustic

shake

sharp

slack

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/blʌnt/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: blunt

Cognado con nórdico antiguo: blunda

Cognado con islandés: blunda

Cognado con sueco: blunda

Cognado con danés: blunde

Heredado de inglés medio: blunten

In summary

From Middle English blunt, blont, from Old English *blunt (attested in the derivative Blunta (male personal name) (> English surnames Blunt, Blount)), probably of North Germanic origin, possibly related to Old Norse blunda (“to doze”) (> Icelandic blunda, Swedish blunda, Danish blunde).