blunt
verb/blʌnt/
/blʌnt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they blunt | /blʌnt/ /blʌnt/ |
| he / she / it blunts | /blʌnts/ /blʌnts/ |
| past simple blunted | /ˈblʌntɪd/ /ˈblʌntɪd/ |
| past participle blunted | /ˈblʌntɪd/ /ˈblʌntɪd/ |
| -ing form blunting | /ˈblʌntɪŋ/ /ˈblʌntɪŋ/ |
- blunt something to make something weaker or less effective
- Age hadn't blunted his passion for adventure.
- Living alone in the country had blunted her wits.
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- blunt something to make a point or an edge less sharp
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘dull, insensitive’): perhaps of Scandinavian origin and related to Old Norse blunda ‘shut the eyes’.
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