Synonyms for blunt
- adjective
- verb
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Brusque — abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting in the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech
brusque, harsh, rude, curt, outspoken, abrupt, frank, impolite, plain-spoken, short, forthright, uncivil, brutal, rough, bluff, gruff, candid, direct, plain, downright, straight-from-the-shoulder, unceremonious
Other
Verb
2. Deaden
deaden, moderate, soften, quiet, mollify, lessen, assuage, mitigate, soothe, subdue, damp, allay, obtund, alleviate, palliate, temper, stifle, quell, appease, dampen, abate dated
Other
blunten rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.
- adj. 2
Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute.
- v. 1
To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
- v. 2
To repress or weaken; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of
My feeling towards her have been blunted.
Related words
- Word family
- blunten bluntly bluntness blunt-witted
Forms
- Past participle
- blunted
e.g. blunted → numbed, weakened, benumbed, paralyzed…
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The blunt man says things which he is perfectly aware are disagreeable, either from a defiant indifference to others' feelings, or from the pleasure of tormenting.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- abrupt Sami's idyllic country life came to an abrupt end.
- outspoken For a Japanese woman, Miyu is unusually outspoken.
- curt Don't you think it's rude to give people such a curt reply like that?
- brusque I was a little brusque with you before.
- pointless It's pointless to try to stop Tom from doing that.
- coarse Her skin is coarse from years of working outdoors.
By length
- 4 letters
- rude1, dull1, damp1, numb1, curt1
- 5 letters
- short1, frank1, quiet2, rough1, plain1, harsh1, crude1, stark1, bluff1, quell1, gruff1, allay2, abate2
- 6 letters
- direct2, stupid2, brutal2, temper2, candid2, weaken2, abrupt2, coarse1, soften2, lessen2, soothe1, subdue2, obtuse2, stifle2
- 7 letters
- appease2, assuage2, brusque1, uncivil3, mollify3, stupefy, blunten
- 8 letters
- moderate3, mitigate3, impolite3, paralyze3, paralyse, edgeless, palliate, hebetate
- 9 letters
- pointless2, alleviate4, outspoken3, downright2, unpointed
- 10 letters
- forthright2, nuanceless
- 13 letters
- unceremonious6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (quiet2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- émoussé
- Español
- desafilado