blunt

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. adj. Having a dull edge or end; not sharp.
2. adj. Abrupt and often disconcertingly frank in speech: "Onscreen, John Wayne was a blunt talker and straight shooter” ( Time). See Synonyms at gruff.
3. adj. Slow to understand or perceive; dull.
4. adj. Lacking in feeling; insensitive.
5. v. To dull the edge of.
6. v. To make less effective; weaken: blunting the criticism with a smile.
7. v. To become blunt.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. Obtuse, thick, or dull, as an angle, edge, or point; having an obtuse, thick, or dull edge or point, as a foil, sword, pencil, etc.; not sharp or acute.
2. Dull in understanding; slow of discernment.
3. Obtuse; free from sharp angularities, projections, or corners.
4. Rough in manner or speech; rude; unpolished; hence, abrupt in address or manner; plain-spoken; unceremonious: applied to persons.
5. Plain; plain-spoken; unceremonious or unconventional; direct; free from circumlocution: as, blunt truths; a blunt bearing.
6. Hard to penetrate.
7. Faint.
8. Synonyms Brusk, bluff, uncivil, rude, uncourteous.
9. n. A blunt sword for fencing; a foil.
10. n. A needle of a grade shorter and less sharply pointed than a sharp. See needle.
11. n. [Slang, and perhaps of different origin.] Money; ready money.
12. To make blunt, as an edge or point; dull the edge or point of, as a knife or bodkin, by making it thicker.
13. To weaken or deaden, as appetite, desire, or power of the mind; impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility of.
14. To become blunt: as, the blade blunts easily.

Wiktionary

1. adj. Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; not sharp.
2. adj. Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute.
3. adj. Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
4. adj. Hard to impress or penetrate.
5. adj. Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive
6. n. A fencer's foil.
7. n. A short needle with a strong point.
8. n. smoking A marijuana cigar.
9. n. UK, slang, archaic, uncountable money
10. v. To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
11. v. figuratively 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.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. adj. Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp.
2. adj. Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; -- opposed to acute.
3. adj. Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
4. adj. rare Hard to impress or penetrate.
5. v. To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
6. v. To repress or weaken, as any appetite, desire, or power of the mind; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of.
7. n. obsolete A fencer's foil.
8. n. A short needle with a strong point. See Needle.
9. n. Cant Money.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. make numb or insensitive
2. adj. used of a knife or other blade; not sharp
3. v. make less intense
4. adj. characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
5. v. make less sharp
6. adj. devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
7. adj. having a broad or rounded end
8. v. make dull or blunt
9. v. make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation