blunt

Definition von blunt im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute; A marijuana cigar; Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; not sharp; To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt; To repress or weaken, as any appetite, desire, or power of the mind; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of; as, to blunt the feelings; A fencer's foil; Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive; A short needle with a strong point; Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech; Hard to impress or penetrate; If you are blunt, you say exactly what you think without trying to be polite. She is blunt about her personal life She told the industry in blunt terms that such discrimination is totally unacceptable. + bluntly blunt·ly `I don't believe you!' Jeanne said bluntly To put it bluntly, he became a pain. + bluntness blunt·ness His bluntness got him into trouble; {a} dull, rough, unpolite, plain, hard; {v} to dull the edge or point, to weaken; Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; opposed to acute; make less sharp; "blunt the knives" make less intense; "blunted emotions" devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline" used of a knife or other blade; not sharp; "a blunt instrument" having a broad or rounded end; "thick marks made by a blunt pencil; Money; make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"; make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses"; make less intense; "blunted emotions"; A fencers foil; A point that abruptly terminates part way up the blade with no true distal point for piercing Typically the point is chipped in a mild excurvate or straight edge Some feel that the point may have been used in hunting as a "stunning" weapon However, most blunts show signs as being a conserved, former projectile, reworked into a hand held or hafted scraper; Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp; having a broad or rounded end; "thick marks made by a blunt pencil; Better Luck Next Time; A joint rolled in the tobacco-leaf wrapper of a Phillies Blunt cigar; A blunt object has a rounded or flat end rather than a sharp one. One of them had been struck 13 times over the head with a blunt object. pointed; To dull the edge or point of by making it thicker; to make blunt; Strong in flavor and often alcoholic, but lacking in aromatic interest and development on the palate; {i} thick needle; A blunt knife or blade is no longer sharp and does not cut well. sharp; {s} not sharp; simple, blatant, bare; characterized by truthfulness in speech; {f} make less sharp or intense, dull, soften, alleviate; devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline"; used of a knife or other blade; not sharp; "a blunt instrument"; having a broad or rounded end; "thick marks made by a blunt pencil"; make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"; make less sharp; "blunt the knives"; If something blunts an emotion, a feeling or a need, it weakens it. The constant repetition of violence has blunted the human response to it; characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation"; obtuse
blunt-nosed viper: (Ticaret) Macrovipera lebetina (Common names: blunt-nosed viper, Lebetine viper, Levant viper) is a venomous viper species found in North Africa, much of the Middle East, and as far east as Kashmir
blunt refusal: An immediate direct refusal
blunt file: a file with parallel edges
blunt knife: dull knife, knife which is not sharp
blunt message: message which has a very frank and obvious meaning
blunt trauma: injury incurred when the human body hits or is hit by a large outside object (as a car)
bluntly: {a} rudely, roughly, plainly
bluntness: {n} a want of edge, rudeness, roughness
better then a poke in the eye with a Blunt stick: (deyim) (Aus) Better than nothing at all but could have been better
Anthony Blunt: a British man who was an art historian and director of the Courtauld Institute of Art. In 1979 it was found out that he was a spy for the Soviet Union when he was a student and during World War II, when he worked in British Intelligence (1907-1983). born Sept. 26, 1907, Bournemouth, Hampshire, Eng. died March 26, 1983, London British art historian and spy. He began his espionage for the Soviet Union after meeting Guy Burgess at the University of Cambridge in the 1930s. From 1937 Blunt had a brilliant career as an art historian, publishing scores of scholarly works that largely established art history in Britain. In World War II he served in British military intelligence and also gave secret information to the Soviets. In 1945 he was appointed surveyor of the king's (later queen's) pictures, and in 1947 he became director of the prestigious Courtauld Institute. He ceased active intelligence work but in 1951 arranged for the escape of Burgess and Donald Maclean (1913-1983) from Britain. In 1964, after the defection of Kim Philby, Blunt was confronted by British authorities and secretly confessed his Soviet connections. When his past as the "fourth man" in the spy ring was made public in 1979, he was stripped of the knighthood awarded him in 1956
Anthony Frederick Blunt: born Sept. 26, 1907, Bournemouth, Hampshire, Eng. died March 26, 1983, London British art historian and spy. He began his espionage for the Soviet Union after meeting Guy Burgess at the University of Cambridge in the 1930s. From 1937 Blunt had a brilliant career as an art historian, publishing scores of scholarly works that largely established art history in Britain. In World War II he served in British military intelligence and also gave secret information to the Soviets. In 1945 he was appointed surveyor of the king's (later queen's) pictures, and in 1947 he became director of the prestigious Courtauld Institute. He ceased active intelligence work but in 1951 arranged for the escape of Burgess and Donald Maclean (1913-1983) from Britain. In 1964, after the defection of Kim Philby, Blunt was confronted by British authorities and secretly confessed his Soviet connections. When his past as the "fourth man" in the spy ring was made public in 1979, he was stripped of the knighthood awarded him in 1956
Bluntly: flat
To blunt: abate
blunted: past of blunt
blunted: made dull or blunt
blunter: comparative of blunt
bluntest: superlative of blunt
blunting: present participle of blunt
bluntly: In a blunt manner; without delicacy, or the usual forms of civility
bluntly: in a blunt direct manner; "he spoke bluntly"; "he stated his opinion flat-out"; "he was criticized roundly"
bluntly: simply, plainly, candidly
bluntly: In a blunt manner; coarsely; plainly; abruptly; without delicacy, or the usual forms of civility
bluntly: speaking in a direct honest way that sometimes upsets people
bluntly: unsubtly
bluntness: Want of edge or point; dullness; obtuseness; want of sharpness
bluntness: without sharpness of edge or point
bluntness: The characteristic of being blunt
bluntness: Abruptness of address; rude plainness
bluntness: the quality of being direct and outspoken; "the bluntness of a Yorkshireman"
bluntness: the quality of being direct and outspoken; "the bluntness of a Yorkshireman
bluntness: {i} candidness, openness; quality of not being sharp, dullness
bluntness: dullness
blunts: plural of blunt