| 单词 | blunt |
| 释义 | blunt —bluntly, adv. —bluntness, n. /blunt/, adj., blunter, bluntest, v. , n. adj. 1. having an obtuse, thick, or dull edge or point; rounded; not sharp: a blunt pencil. 2. abrupt in address or manner: a blunt, ill-timed question. 3. slow in perception or understanding; obtuse: His isolation has made him blunt about the feelings of others. v.t. 4. to make blunt; hebetate: He blunted the knife by using it to cut linoleum. 5. to weaken or impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility of: Wine first excites, then blunts the imagination. v.i. 6. to become blunt. n. 7. something blunt, as a small-game arrow, a short sewing needle, or a short, thick cigar. 8. Slang. a cigar stuffed with marijuana. [1150-1200; ME; perh. akin to BLIND] Syn. 1. See dull. 2. short, gruff, rough, rude, uncivil, impolite. BLUNT, BLUFF, BRUSQUE, CURT characterize manners and speech. BLUNT suggests lack of polish and of regard for the feelings of others: blunt and tactless. BLUFF implies an unintentional roughness together with so much good-natured heartiness that others rarely take offense: a bluff sea captain. BRUSQUE connotes sharpness and abruptness of speech or manner: a brusque denial. CURT applies esp. to disconcertingly concise language: a curt reply. 3. dimwitted, thick, stolid. 4. dull. |
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