blunt
/blʌnt/ verb C2- To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
- To repress or weaken; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of · It blunted my appetite.· My feeling towards her have been blunted.
He/she/it blunts · Past blunted · Past participle blunted · -ing form blunting
Verb forms
- Base form
- blunt
- He/she/it
- blunts
- Past
- blunted
- Past participle
- blunted
- -ing form
- blunting
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“That’s why he nearly blunted my claws,” said the Lion.
That razor brain blunted and rusted with inaction.
The blunt accusation, the brutal tap upon the shoulder—what can one make of such a denouement?
This malignant and terrible contortion, combined with the low forehead, blunt nose, and prognathous jaw gave the dead man a singularly simious and ape-like appearance, which was increased by his writhing, unnatural posture.
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