Related Words for blunting

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stark
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Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb
crude
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
dull
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Noun
forthright
//
Noun, Adjective, Noun, Adverb
frank
/
Adverb, Name, Adjective, Verb
candid
/x
Verb, Adjective, Noun
numb
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
direct
x/
Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
outspoken
//x
Verb, Adjective
pointless
/x
Adjective, Adjective
unconditional
xx/xx
Adjective, Adjective, Noun
liven
/x
Noun, Verb
animate
/xx
Verb, Verb, Adjective
invigorate
x/xx
Adjective, Verb
enliven
x/x
Verb, Verb
flattening
/xx
Noun
weakening
/xx
Noun
softening
/xx
Noun
diminishing
x/xx
Verb
counteracting
xx/x
Verb
undermining
/xxx
Noun
curbing
/x
Verb
undercutting
/xxx
Noun
countering
/xx
Verb
neutralizing
/xxx
Verb
lessening
/xx
Noun
negating
x/x
Verb
thwarting
/x
Noun
suppressing
x/x
Verb
dampening
/xx
Noun
eroding
x/x
Verb
heightening
/xx
Noun
counterbalancing
/xxxx
Noun
sharpening
/xx
Noun
broadening
/xx
Noun
augmenting
/xx
Verb
attenuating
x/xxx
Noun
nullifying
/xxx
Verb
forestalling
x/x
Verb
bolstering
/xx
Verb
amplifying
/xxx
Noun
enhancing
x/x
Verb
intensifying
x/xxx
Verb
reducing
x/x
Verb
curtailing
x/x
Verb
impairing
x/x
Verb
inhibiting
x/xx
Verb
boosting
/x
Verb
ameliorating
x/xxx
Verb
cutting
/x
Noun
slashing
/x
Verb
sapping
/x
Verb
increasing
x/x
Verb
retarding
x/x
Noun
obliterating
x/xxx
Verb
mitigating
/xxx
Adjective
strengthening
/xx
Noun
downplaying
/xx
Noun
accentuating
x/xxx
Verb
damaging
/xx
Adjective
slackening
/xx
Noun
lowering
/xx
Verb
slowing
/x
Verb
reversing
x/x
Verb
loosening
/xx
Noun
honing
/x
Noun
compensating
/xxx
Adjective
tempering
/xx
Noun
limiting
/xx
Verb
exacerbating
x/xxx
Verb
stiffening
/xx
Noun
decreasing
x/x
Verb
darkening
/xx
Noun
hampering
/xx
Verb
consequent
/xx
Adjective
impeding
x/x
Verb
crushing
/x
Verb
reinforcing
xx/x
Verb
delaying
x/x
Verb
underscoring
xx/x
Verb
sparing
/x
Adjective
reshaping
x/x
Noun
quelling
/x
Verb
effect
x/
Noun
discrediting
x/xx
Noun
annihilating
x/xxx
Verb
critical
/xx
Adjective
slight
/
Adjective
hindering
/xx
Verb
preventing
x/x
Verb
hardening
/xx
Noun
elevating
/xxx
Verb
puncturing
/xx
Verb
resisting
x/x
Verb
quieting
/xx
Verb
deepening
/xx
Verb
evoking
x/x
Verb
deflecting
x/x
Noun
distorting
x/x
Noun
minimizing
/xxx
Verb
circumventing
xx/x
Verb
shaping
/x
Verb
influencing
/xxx
Verb
diminution
xx/x
Noun
tightening
/xx
Noun
dramatizing
/xxx
Verb
quashing
/x
Noun
crippling
/xx
Noun
sustaining
x/x
Adjective
harming
/x
Verb
gouging
/x
Noun
subverting
x/x
Verb
accelerating
x/xxx
Verb
deleterious
xx/xx
Adjective
inducing
x/x
Adjective
evading
x/x
Verb
dislodging
x/x
Verb
impact
x/
Noun
deterring
x/x
Verb
discounting
/xx
Noun
hammering
/xx
Noun
restraining
x/x
Verb
easing
/x
Noun
bypassing
/xx
Verb
advancing
x/x
Verb
offsetting
x/x
Adjective
restricting
x/x
Verb
depriving
x/x
Verb
toughening
/xx
Noun
alleviating
x/xxx
Verb
compromising
/xxx
Verb
marginalizing
/xxxx
Verb
smoothing
/x
Noun
blanching
/x
Noun
blotting
/x
Noun
withering
/xx
Noun
narrowing
/xx
Noun
straightening
/xx
Noun
slimming
/x
Noun
muting
/x
Noun
dilution
x/x
Noun
villi
/x
Noun
villous
/x
Adjective
sulcus
/x
Noun
sensibilities
xx/xx
Noun
papillae
xxx
Noun
affective
x/x
Adjective
apathy
/xx
Noun
emotional
x/xx
Adjective
aetiological
/xx/xx
Adjective
aging
/x
Noun, Adjective
allocative
/xxx
Adjective
alteration
xx/x
Noun
blurring
/x
Noun
bulging
/x
Noun
causal
/x
Adjective, Noun
clouding
/x
Noun
curtailment
x/x
Noun
deterioration
x/xxxx
Noun
disability
xx/xx
Noun
disorganization
xxxx/x
Noun
disorientation
xxxx/x
Noun
epigenetic
xxx/x
Adjective
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
induration
x//x
Noun
interaction
xx/x
Noun
loss
/
Noun, Verb
multifactorial
xx//xx
Adjective, Noun
neurogenic
/x/x
Adjective
neurotrophic
xx/x
Adjective
orienting
/xxx
Adjective
pathogenetic
/xx/x
Adjective
regulative
/xxx
Adjective
repressive
x/x
Adjective
retardation
xx/x
Noun
unifying
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
widening
/xx
Noun, Adjective
die
/
Verb, Noun
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
fall
/
Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
save
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Verb, Noun