blunt
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adjective
1. (of a knife, pencil, etc.) having a worn-down edge or point; not sharp:
〈刃物･針などの先端が〉とがっていない(↔ sharp); 切れない, なまくらな
e.g. a blunt knife.
having a flat or rounded end:
e.g. the blunt tip of the leaf.
2. (of a person or remark) uncompromisingly forthright:
〈人･言葉･態度などが〉(不作法で･配慮がなく)思ったままの事を口にする, 露骨な; ぶっきらぼうな
e.g. a blunt statement of fact
e.g. he is as blunt as a kick in the shins.
noun informal
a hollowed-out cigar filled with marijuana.
〈俗〉マリフアナたばこ
verb
make or become less sharp:
〈刃先･先端〉を鈍らせる, 切れなくする.
e.g. with object : wood can blunt your ax
e.g. no object : the edge may blunt very rapidly.
with object weaken or reduce (something):
〈感覚･気持ち･欲求〉を鈍らせる, 弱める
e.g. their determination had been blunted.
DERIVATIVES
bluntness | ˈbləntnəs | noun
ORIGIN
Middle English (in the sense ‘dull, insensitive’): perhaps of Scandinavian origin and related to Old Norse blunda ‘shut the eyes’.