Nouns (0)
Verbs (9)
deaden
v. make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"
make blunt
v. make less sharp
make less intense
v. make less intense; "blunted emotions"
make blunt, dull, make dull
v. make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"
dull, numb, benumb
v. make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses"
Adverbs (0)
Adjectives (12)
blunt
adj. used of a knife or other blade; not sharp; "a blunt instrument"
snub, rounded
adj. having a broad or rounded end; "thick marks made by a blunt pencil"
undiplomatic, tactless
adj. (impolitic)
bluff, frank, outspoken, candid, free-spoken, plainspoken, point-blank
adj. 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 what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation"
Fuzzynyms (120)
diminish, belittle
v. lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues"
blunt, dull, numb, benumb
v. make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses"
bleach, decolor, decolorize, discolorize, remove color from, bleach out
v. remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt"
anesthetize, anaesthetize, put under, put out, put to sleep
v. make unconscious by means of anesthetic drugs; "The patient must be anesthetized before the operation"
paralyze, paralyse, make powerless
v. make powerless and unable to function; "The bureaucracy paralyzes the entire operation"
diminish, belittle
v. lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues"
blunt, dull, numb, benumb
v. make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses"
bleach, decolor, decolorize, discolorize, remove color from, bleach out
v. remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt"
assuage, slake, quench, allay
v. satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"
relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage
v. provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"
deaden, blunt
v. make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"
diminish, belittle
v. lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues"
blunt, make blunt, dull, make dull
v. make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"
bleach, decolor, decolorize, discolorize, remove color from, bleach out
v. remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt"
deaden
v. make vapid or deprive of spirit; "deadened wine"
paralyze, paralyse, make powerless
v. make powerless and unable to function; "The bureaucracy paralyzes the entire operation"
petrify
v. cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking"
jolt, jar
v. move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion
freeze, cause to freeze
v. cause to freeze; "Freeze the leftover food"
dull, unsharpened
adj. not having a sharp edge or point; "the knife was too dull to be of any use"
obtuse
adj. of a leaf shape; rounded at the apex
dull
adj. not having a sharp edge or point; "the knife was too dull to be of any use"
rounded
adj. curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged; "low rounded hills"; "rounded shoulders"
bluff, sharp, abrupt, precipitous
adj. extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop"
honest, honorable, honourable
adj. not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting"; "an honest wage"; "honest weight"
honest, straightforward, aboveboard
adj. without concealment or deception; honest; "their business was open and aboveboard"; "straightforward in all his business affairs"
direct
adj. direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short; "a direct route"; "a direct flight"; "a direct hit"
reputable
adj. having a good reputation; "a reputable business"; "a reputable scientist"; "a reputable wine"
artless, ingenuous
adj. characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious; "an ingenuous admission of responsibility"
genuine
adj. not fake or counterfeit; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather"
abrupt, unceremonious
adj. without due formalities; "unceremonious dismissal from office"
short
adj. (prosody) used of vowels or syllables
short, brief, crisp, clipped, curt, laconic, terse, to the point
adj. brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to understand"
open, frank, open-hearted
adj. ready for business; "the stores are open"
guileless, transparent
adj. free of deceit
sincere
adj. open and genuine; not deceitful; "he was a good man, decent and sincere"; "felt sincere regret that they were leaving"; "sincere friendship"
so, truthful
adj. conforming to truth; "I wouldn't have told you this if it weren't so"; "a truthful statement"
frank, candid
adj. openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness; "his candid eyes"; "an open and trusting nature"; "a heart-to-heart talk"
dear, earnest, devout, heartfelt
adj. earnest; "one's dearest wish"; "devout wishes for their success"; "heartfelt condolences"
frank, genuine
adj. not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed; "genuine emotion"; "her interest in people was unfeigned"; "true grief"
direct, straightforward
adj. not devious
short, bluff, curt, brusque, brusk
adj. marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him"
heavy-handed, harsh, roughshod
adj. unjustly domineering; "incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies"; "a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition"
Synonyms (14)
dulled, blunted
adj. made dull or blunt
mild
adj. moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme; "a mild winter storm"; "a mild fever"; "fortunately the pain was mild"; "a mild rebuke"; "mild criticism"
inexpedient, unwise
adj. not appropriate to the purpose
foursquare, head-on, downright, flat-footed, forthright, straightforward
adj. without evasion or compromise: "a direct approach"; "a downright kind of person"; "a flat-footed refusal"; "forthright criticism"; "a foursquare refusal to yield"; "his usual head-on fashion"; "a straightforward account of the accident"
no-nonsense
adj. not tolerating irrelevancies; "the no-nonsense tones of a stern parent"
plain, unvarnished
adj. free from any effort to soften to disguise; "the plain and unvarnished truth"; "the unvarnished candor of old people and children"
Antonyms (28)
animate, enliven, invigorate, liven, liven up, make lively
v. make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit"
sharpen, make sharper, make sharp
v. make sharp or sharper; "sharpen the knives"
whet, sharpen by rubbing
v. sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone
set, ready, prepare, set up, make ready, gear up, get ready
v. make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"
polish, gloss, burnish
v. give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing
sensitize, make sensitive, cause to sense
v. cause to sense; make sensitive; "She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society"; "My tongue became sensitized to good wine"
sharp
adj. having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing; "a sharp knife"; "a pencil with a sharp point"
pointed
adj. having a point
indirect
adj. extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action; "making indirect but legitimate inquiries"; "an indirect insult"; "doubtless they had some indirect purpose in mind"; "though his methods are indirect they are not dishonest"; "known as a shady indirect fellow"
evasive
adj. avoiding the issue; not straightforward: "an evasive statement"
blunt
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