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bluntadjective being or characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or mannerhe values honesty and is quite blunt about telling people what he doesn't like about them abrupt, bluff, brusque(also brusk), crusty, curt, downright, short, short-spoken, snippy, unceremonious gruff, rough, snappishcandid, direct, forthright, foursquare, frank, free-spoken, open, outspoken, plain, plainspoken, point-blank, straightforward, straight-outartless, discourteous, disrespectful, impertinent, impolite, inconsiderate, insensitive, rude, tactless, undiplomaticbrief, closemouthed, laconic, reserved, reticent, terse, tight-lippedearnest, honest, sincerecoarse, crass, crude, low, uncouth, vulgar circuitous, mealymouthed civil, considerate, courteous, diplomatic, gracious, polite, politic, smooth, suave, tactfulloquacious, talkative, volublelong-winded, prolix, verbosecourtly, cultivated, gallant, genteel, polished, refined lacking sharpness of edge or pointa blunt knife won't open that package blunted, dull, dulled, obtuse dullishrounded, smootheven, flat, flattened, level cutting, edged, edgy, ground, honed, keen, pointed, sharp, sharpened, whetted jagged, needlelike, prickly, spiked, spikelike, spiky(also spikey), spinyjabbing, lacerating, piercing, scratching, stabbingultrasharp to reduce or weaken in strength or feelingthe mushy music blunted the effect of the movie's final tragic scene benumb, cauterize, damp, dampen, deaden, dull, numb muffle, mute, tone (down)decrease, diminish, lessen, let up (on), lower, reduce, subduedebilitate, enfeeble, weakendwindle, recede, subside, taper (off), wanealleviate, ease, lightenabate, moderate sharpen, whet amplify, augment, beef (up), boost, consolidate, deepen, enhance, heighten, intensify, magnify, redouble, step up, strengthenanimate, arouse, stimulate adj.dull, blunt, obtuse mean not sharp, keen, or acute.dull suggests a lack or loss of keenness, zest, or pungency.a dull pain a dull mind blunt suggests an inherent lack of sharpness or quickness of feeling or perception.a person of blunt sensibility obtuse implies such bluntness as makes one insensitive in perception or imagination.too obtuse to take the hint in the 13th century |