'Blunt' definitions:
Definition of 'blunt'
From: WordNet
adjective
Having a broad or rounded end; "thick marks made by a blunt pencil"
adjective
Used of a knife or other blade; not sharp; "a blunt instrument"
adjective
Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation" [syn: blunt, candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder]
adjective
Devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline" [syn: blunt, crude(a), stark(a)]
verb
Make less intense; "blunted emotions"
verb
verb
verb
Make less sharp; "blunt the knives"
verb
Definition of 'Blunt'
From: GCIDE
- Blunt \Blunt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Blunting.]
- 1. To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Blunt'
From: GCIDE
- Blunt \Blunt\, n.
- 1. A fencer's foil. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. A short needle with a strong point. See Needle. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Money. [Cant] --Beaconsfield. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Blunt'
From: GCIDE
- Blunt \Blunt\ (bl[u^]nt), a. [Cf. Prov. G. bludde a dull or blunt knife, Dan. blunde to sleep, Sw. & Icel. blunda; or perh. akin to E. blind.]
- 1. Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp. [1913 Webster]
- The murderous knife was dull and blunt. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; -- opposed to acute. [1913 Webster]
- His wits are not so blunt. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Hard to impress or penetrate. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- I find my heart hardened and blunt to new impressions. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Blunt is much used in composition, as blunt-edged, blunt-sighted, blunt-spoken. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Obtuse; dull; pointless; curt; short; coarse; rude; brusque; impolite; uncivil. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'blunt'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abate,
- abrupt,
- affectless,
- aggressive,
- allay,
- alleviate,
- anesthetize,
- anesthetized,
- arctic,
- artless,
- assuage,
- attemper,
- attenuate,
- autistic,
- bank the fire,
- bate,
- bearish,
- beastly,
- bedaze,
- benumb,
- besot,
- bluff,
- blunt-edged,
- blunt-ended,
- blunt-pointed,
- blunt-witted,
- blunted,
- bluntish,
- blur,
- born yesterday,
- brash,
- brass,
- bread,
- brief,
- broad,
- brusque,
- cabbage,
- candid,
- catatonic,
- cavalier,
- chasten,
- childlike,
- chill,
- chilly,
- chips,
- chloroform,
- churlish,
- cold,
- cold as charity,
- cold-blooded,
- coldcock,
- coldhearted,
- confiding,
- constrain,
- control,
- cool,
- cramp,
- cripple,
- crusty,
- curt,
- damp,
- dampen,
- de-emphasize,
- deaden,
- debilitate,
- deflect,
- desensitize,
- deter,
- devitalize,
- dim,
- dim-witted,
- diminish,
- dinero,
- direct,
- disable,
- disaffect,
- discourage,
- discourteous,
- disedge,
- disincline,
- disinterest,
- dispassionate,
- distract,
- divert,
- do-re-mi,
- dope,
- dopey,
- downplay,
- downright,
- draw the teeth,
- drug,
- drugged,
- dull,
- dull of mind,
- dull-edged,
- dull-headed,
- dull-pated,
- dull-pointed,
- dull-witted,
- dulled,
- dullish,
- edgeless,
- efface,
- emotionally dead,
- emotionless,
- enervate,
- enfeeble,
- etherize,
- eviscerate,
- exhaust,
- explicit,
- extenuate,
- faired,
- fat-witted,
- forthright,
- frank,
- frankhearted,
- free,
- free hand,
- free-acting,
- free-going,
- free-moving,
- free-speaking,
- free-spoken,
- free-tongued,
- freehanded,
- freeze,
- frigid,
- frosted,
- frosty,
- frozen,
- genuine,
- gross-headed,
- gruel,
- gruff,
- guileless,
- harsh,
- heart-to-heart,
- heartless,
- heavy,
- hebetate,
- hebetudinous,
- icy,
- immovable,
- impassible,
- impassive,
- impolite,
- inconsiderate,
- indelicate,
- indispose,
- inexcitable,
- ingenu,
- ingenuous,
- innocent,
- insensitive,
- insusceptible,
- jack,
- kayo,
- keep within bounds,
- knock out,
- knock senseless,
- knock stiff,
- knock unconscious,
- KO,
- lay,
- lay low,
- lay out,
- lenify,
- lessen,
- lighten,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- modulate,
- mollify,
- mull,
- naive,
- narcotize,
- nonemotional,
- numb,
- objective,
- obscure,
- obtund,
- obtuse,
- open,
- openhearted,
- out of touch,
- outspoken,
- palliate,
- palsy,
- paralyze,
- passionless,
- plain,
- plain-spoken,
- play down,
- pointless,
- put off,
- put to sleep,
- quench,
- rattle,
- reduce,
- reduce the temperature,
- repel,
- repress,
- restrain,
- retund,
- rough,
- round,
- rounded,
- rude,
- sap,
- self-absorbed,
- severe,
- shake,
- shake up,
- sharp,
- short,
- simple,
- simplehearted,
- simpleminded,
- sincere,
- single-hearted,
- single-minded,
- slacken,
- slow,
- slow down,
- slow-witted,
- sluggish,
- smoothed,
- smother,
- snippety,
- snippy,
- sober,
- sober down,
- soften,
- soften up,
- soothe,
- soulless,
- spiritless,
- stifle,
- straight,
- straight-out,
- straightforward,
- stun,
- stupefy,
- subdue,
- suppress,
- surly,
- tame,
- temper,
- thick-brained,
- thick-headed,
- thick-pated,
- thick-witted,
- thickskulled,
- thoughtless,
- tone down,
- transparent,
- truculent,
- trustful,
- trusting,
- tune down,
- turn,
- turn aside,
- turn away,
- turn from,
- turn off,
- unaffectionate,
- unbrace,
- unceremonious,
- unchecked,
- uncivil,
- uncomplicated,
- uncompromising,
- unconstrained,
- undermine,
- underplay,
- undiplomatic,
- unedged,
- unemotional,
- unequivocal,
- unfeeling,
- ungracious,
- unguarded,
- unimpassioned,
- unimpressionable,
- unloving,
- unman,
- unnerve,
- unpassionate,
- unpointed,
- unreserved,
- unresponding,
- unresponsive,
- unrestrained,
- unsharp,
- unsharpened,
- unsophisticated,
- unstrengthen,
- unstring,
- unsusceptible,
- unsuspicious,
- unsympathetic,
- untouchable,
- unwary,
- weaken,
- wean from,
- wooden,
- worn
Blunt, SD -- U.S. city in South Dakota
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Blunt, SD -- U.S. city in South Dakota
Population (2000) :
370
Housing Units (2000) :
178
Land area (2000) :
0.491587 sq. miles (1.273204 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.491587 sq. miles (1.273204 sq. km)
FIPS code :
06180
Located within :
South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46
Location :
44.516505 N, 99.988340 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
57522
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.