- Types Of Speech
- You can use blunt as a verb or as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Blunt
- A 1 syllables verb and 5 letters with the letters b, l, n, t, and u, 4 consonants, 1 vowels and 1 syllables with the middle letter u. Blunt starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters b, bl, blu, blun, and the ending characters are t, nt, unt, lunt, ..
- Definition
- Make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"
- Origin/Roots
- Old Norse
- School Grade
- Blunt is set as a grade six word that starts with b, ends with t, 1 syllables, 1 vowels and 5 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is blunt a scrabble word? A 7 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Blunt in Pig Latin is said as "untblay or untblway".
- Unigram
- b | l | u | n | t
- Bigram
- bl | lu | un | nt
- Trigram
- blu | lun | unt
- Quadrigram
- blun | lunt
- Word Gram
- Verb Examples
- make less lively, intense, or vigorous;
impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation;
"Terror blunted her feelings";
"deaden a sound" - make less sharp;
"blunt the knives" - make less intense;
"blunted emotions" - make dull or blunt;
"Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge" - make numb or insensitive;
"The shock numbed her senses"
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment;
"the blunt truth";
"the crude facts";
"facing the stark reality of the deadline" - characterized by directness in manner or speech;
without subtlety or evasion;
"blunt talking and straight shooting";
"a blunt New England farmer";
"I gave them my candid opinion";
"forthright criticism";
"a forthright approach to the problem";
"tell me wh - used of a knife or other blade;
not sharp;
"a blunt instrument" - having a broad or rounded end;
"thick marks made by a blunt pencil"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abate | become less in amount or intensity "The storm abated" "The rain let up after a few hours" |
| Abrasive | a substance that abrades or wears down |
| Abrupt | surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner "an abrupt reply" |
| Absolute | something that is conceived to be absolute something that does not depends on anything else and is beyond human control "no mortal being can influence the absolute" |
| Admonish | take to task "He admonished the child for his bad behavior" |
| Affectless | |
| Aggressive | having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends "an aggressive businessman" "an aggressive basketball player" "he was aggressive and imperious positive in his convictions" "aggressive drivers" |
| Alien | a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere |
| Alienate | arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness |
| Allay | satisfy (thirst) "The cold water quenched his thirst" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Blunt
| Antonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Animate | give new life or energy to "A hot soup will revive me" "This will renovate my spirits" "This treatment repaired my health" |
| Enliven | make lively "let''s liven up this room a bit" |
| Invigorate | impart vigor, strength, or vitality to "Exercise is invigorating" |
| Liven | make lively "let''s liven up this room a bit" |
| Liven Up |
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Blunt | make less lively, intense, or vigorous impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation "Terror blunted her feelings" "deaden a sound" |
View English words with the unique letters used in blunt. Words With The Letters Blntu
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Constipation | the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine) |
| Deadening | the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine) |
| Impairment | the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine) |
| Stultification | the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine) |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alter | remove the ovaries of "Is your cat spayed?" |
| Change | the action of changing something "the change of government had no impact on the economy" "his change on abortion cost him the election" |
| Modify | cause to change make different cause a transformation "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city" "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Break | an escape from jail; "the breakout was carefully planned" |
| Damp | a slight wetness |
| Dampen | make moist; "The dew moistened the meadows" |
| Obtund | reduce the edge or violence of; "obtunded reflexes" |
| Petrify | cause to become stone-like or stiff or dazed and stunned; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking" |
| Soften | become soft or softer; "The bread will soften if you pour some liquid on it" |
| Weaken | become weaker; "The prisoner''s resistance weakened after seven days" |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buntal (6 letters) | 8 +1 | 12 +1 | buntal | ||
| Blunt (5 letters) | 7 | 11 | blunt | ||
| Bluntly (7 letters) | 12 +5 | 16 +5 | bluntly |
Blunt Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With B
- Ends With T
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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