Blunt, n. 1. A fencer's
foil. [Obs.]
2. A short needle with a strong point. See
Needle.
3. Money. [Cant] Beaconsfield.
Blunt (?), 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.
The murderous knife was dull and blunt.
Shak.
2. Dull in understanding; slow of discernment;
stupid; -- opposed to acute.
His wits are not so blunt.
Shak.
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.
4. Hard to impress or penetrate. [R.]
I find my heart hardened and blunt to new
impressions.
Pope.
☞ Blunt is much used in composition, as blunt-edged,
blunt-sighted, blunt-spoken.
Syn. -- Obtuse; dull; pointless; curt; short; coarse; rude;
brusque; impolite; uncivil.
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.
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.