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as in abrupt
being or characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or manner
he values honesty and is quite blunt about telling people what he doesn't like about them
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as in blunted
lacking sharpness of edge or point
a blunt knife won't open that package
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as in to dull
to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling
the mushy music blunted the effect of the movie's final tragic scene
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as in honesty
the free expression of one's true feelings and opinions
the refreshing bluntness of the former president in assessing those who followed him in the Oval Office
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Recent Examples of blunt
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
25 June 2026
For immigrants with hearings still on the calendar, Little's advice was blunt.
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Maddie White,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
Fiber in whole wheat bread and fructose in honey help blunt blood sugar spikes.
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Brittany Lubeck,
Verywell Health,
23 June 2026
Sarah Davanzo,
Rolling Stone,
11 May 2026
But the bluntness of the lyrics arrives just as quickly, undercutting the atmosphere by naming too plainly what the music had already begun to evoke with greater force.
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Emma Madden,
Pitchfork,
30 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
On Monday, the medical examiner concluded that Murphy’s death was a homicide caused by blunt force trauma to her head.
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Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
25 June 2026
For immigrants with hearings still on the calendar, Little's advice was blunt.
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Maddie White,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
Verb
Will his style, however blunted by age and humbled by scandal, play in the modern, ever-changing NHL?
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Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
Fiber in whole wheat bread and fructose in honey help blunt blood sugar spikes.
—
Brittany Lubeck,
Verywell Health,
23 June 2026
Noun
If a culture prizes bluntness, ask where honesty has been missing.
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Sarah Davanzo,
Rolling Stone,
11 May 2026
But the bluntness of the lyrics arrives just as quickly, undercutting the atmosphere by naming too plainly what the music had already begun to evoke with greater force.
—
Emma Madden,
Pitchfork,
30 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blunt
Adjective
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Skratch also interviewed other sources for its story who alleged infidelity by Mickelson amid abrupt endings of memberships at other golf clubs.
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Following the abrupt dissolution of Disney’s $1 billion investment in OpenAI’s Sora text-to-video app, Shin stressed that there are no plans to use A24’s existing IP to create GenAI tools.
Adjective
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The results have been impressive enough from far away, but examined more closely as a blunted, external force, Big Brother has almost always been too literal in horror cinema.
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Orientation matters; garlic is planted vertically, with the root (blunted) end of the clove facing down, and the sprout (pointy) end facing up.
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Blurring bamboo silk powders keep shine in check without dulling skin, while camellia seed oil and antioxidant-rich vitamin E help mature complexions look smooth, hydrated, and naturally luminous.
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Bitch, despite being created with Reed in tandem with My Face Hurts From Smiling, leans more pop and R&B with lyrics that may have been dulled down for palatability.
Adjective
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When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.
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The tears weren't solely a result of coming up short at another major, but more so about the message his dad shared with him after Burns' Sunday surge up the leader board came up just short.
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New flyover ramps connecting to I-95 would also be built, while sound barriers would be installed along both sides of the corridor to help reduce traffic noise for nearby residents.
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The rich treatment balances strengthening plant proteins with nourishing rosehip and sweet almond oils to reduce breakage and replenish moisture.
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But Rose bet that a less gruff voice, ultimately Mike Brown’s, was required to win it all.
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Platner, a gruff 41-year-old Marine Corps veteran, is trying to unseat Republican Senator Susan Collins with a platform of economic populism, universal health care, labor protections, and anti-interventionism.
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Her mother remarried, and at the advice of her doctor, began drinking to numb the pain.
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But now Love was an open wound and was numbing her grief in one way or another.
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After three minutes of routine and relatively curt responses, Redick was asked about the difficulty of closing a team out in a playoff series.
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Our separation would need to be curt and the novel did it.
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“Blunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blunt. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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