blunt
The definition of blunt is someone who speaks in a direct, often rude way or something with a dull edge or point.
(adjective)An example of blunt is a man telling his wife she looks fat in the dress she's wearing.
Blunt means to make something less effective or dull.
(verb)An example of blunt is sanding the point from a wooden stake.
Blunt is defined as a slang word for a marijuana cigarette wrapped in a hollowed out cigar.
(noun)An example of blunt is the method many marijuana smokers use to smoke marijuana in the hip hop community.
See blunt in Webster's New World College Dictionary
adjective
- slow to perceive, feel, or understand; dull
- having a dull edge or point; not sharp
- plain-spoken and abrupt
Origin: ME < ?
transitive verb
- to make (an edge or point) dull
- to make dull or insensitive
- to make less effective
intransitive verb
noun
See blunt in American Heritage Dictionary 4
adjective blunt·er, blunt·est
- Having a dull edge or end; not sharp.
- Abrupt and often disconcertingly frank in speech: “Onscreen, John Wayne was a blunt talker and straight shooter” (Time). See Synonyms at gruff.
- Slow to understand or perceive; dull.
- Lacking in feeling; insensitive.
- To dull the edge of.
- To make less effective; weaken: blunting the criticism with a smile.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
.Related Forms:
- bluntˈly adverb
- bluntˈness noun
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