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Meaning of blunt | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To become blunt: When the scraper blade blunts, you will have to replace it.
  2. to make less sharp. This knife has been blunted by years of use. verstomp ينْثَلِم، يَكِلُّ притъпявам embotar otupit abstumpfen blive sløv στομώνω, αμβλύνωdesafilar, despuntar nüristama کند شدن tylsyä émousser לְהַקהוֹת कुंद पड़ना otupiti (le)tompít menumpulkan sljvga smussare 鈍らせる 무디게 하다 (at)šipinti, (at)bukinti notrulināt tumpul bot makensløve stępić پڅ کیدل embotar a toci затупляться otupiť skrhati otupeti bli slö, bli trubbig ทำให้ทื่อ körleştirmek 把...弄鈍 притуплювати(ся) کند ہونا làm cù...
  3. stomperig بِصَراحَه، بِخُشونَه направо francamente neomaleně, bez obalu grob sløvt; ligefremt; kontant χωρίς περιστροφές, ωμάabruptamente, bruscamente keerutamata رک و راست suorasukaisesti sans ménagements בגלוי बिना किसी बनावट के tupo kereken, nyíltan dengan terang-terangan harkalega bruscamente 鈍く 무디게 tiesiai, tiesmukiškai skarbi; atklāti dengan tumpul botwegrett ut, direkte, utilslørt tępo, bez ogródek رډ او سیخ rudemente fără menajamente тупо; прямо bez obalu brezobzirno tupo trubbigt, bu...
  4. stompheid صَراحَه، خُشونَه безцеремонност com franqueza neomalenost; tupost die Stumpfheit sløvhed; ligefremhed αμβλύτητα brusquedad, rudeza nüridus, otsekohesus رک و راستی؛ بی پردگی suorasukaisuus brusquerieישירות भोंथरापन, रूखापन tupost életlenség; tompultság; nyerseség keterusterangan bitleysi; hreinskilni; fruntaskapur; skilningsleysi rudezza 鈍さ 무딤 tiesumas atklātums; trulums ketumpulan botheidsløvhet; utilslørthet, bryskhet szczerość بی پردی غږیدل rudeza brutalitate тупость; прямота tupo...
  5. despuntado-a; embotado-a;___ injuries → heridas contusas.
  6. Having a dull edge or end; not sharp.
  7. Abrupt and often disconcertingly frank in speech: "People [in the Western US] are blunt with one another, sometimes even cruel, believing honesty is stronger medicine than sympathy" (Gretel Ehrlich). See Synonyms at gruff.
  8. Slow to perceive, understand, or feel; dull or insensitive: "I felt blunt with shock when I heard the news" (Sallie Bingham).
  9. To dull the edge of (a knife, for example).
  10. To make less effective; weaken: blunting the criticism with a smile.

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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