blunt /blʌnt/adjective 5noun 5verb 2forms 6 adjective5 •Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.The murderous knife was dull and blunt. — 1593 •Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting in the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.I was taken aback by the blunt admission that he had never liked my company. •Hard to impress or penetrate.December 30, 1736, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift I find my heart hardened and blunt to new impressions. •Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive. •Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute.His wits are not so blunt. — 1598 noun5 •(US, slang) A marijuana cigar.[…] to make his point, lead rapper B-Real fired up a blunt in front of the cameras and several hundred thousand people and announced, “I'm taking a hit for every one of y'all!” — 2004 •A fencer's practice foil with a soft tip. •A short needle with a strong point. •A playboating move resembling a cartwheel performed on a wave. •(slang, no longer used) Money.Down he goes to the Commons, to see the lawyer and draw the blunt[…] — 1836 verb2 •To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt. •(figurative) To repress or weaken; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, ofIt blunted my appetite.My feeling towards her have been blunted. formsblunted · blunting · blunteth · blunts · blunter · bluntest