to blunt

to blunt teriminin İngilizce İngilizce sözlükte anlamı: abate; 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; 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; obtuse; 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; A short needle with a strong point; Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech; 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"; Hard to impress or penetrate; 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"