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Word entry · 5 letters

blunt

Best crossword clue

"Not sharp"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /blʌnt/Part of speech verb, adjectiveSorted blntuStarts with BEnds with T1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation

Word origin

From Middle English blunt, blont, from Old English *blunt, probably of North Germanic origin, possibly related to Old Norse blunda (“to doze”) (> Icelandic blunda, Swedish blunda, Danish blunde).

Used in a sentence

  • The murderous knife was dull and blunt.
  • His wits are not so blunt.
  • I was taken aback by the blunt admission that he had never liked my company.

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