BLUNT

a. v. n.

9 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp. The murderous knife was dull and blunt. Shak.

2.
a.

Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; -- opposed to acute. His wits are not so blunt. Shak.

3.
a.

Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech. "Hiding his bitter jests in blunt behavior." "A plain, blunt man." Shak.

4.
a.

Hard to impress or penetrate. [R.] I find my heart hardened and blunt to new impressions. Pope.

5.
v.

To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt. Shak.

6.
v.

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.

7.
n.

A fencer's foil. [Obs.]

8.
n.

A short needle with a strong point. See Needle.

9.
n.

Money. [Cant] Beaconsfield.

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