Adjective blunted has 1 sense
- blunted, dulled - made dull or blunt
Antonym: sharp (indirect, via dull)
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Verb blunt has 5 senses
- blunt - make less intense; "blunted emotions"
--1 is one way to weaken
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- numb, benumb, blunt, dull - make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses"
--2 is one way to desensitize, desensitise
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- dull, blunt - make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"
--3 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- blunt - make less sharp; "blunt the knives"
--4 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:
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Something ----s something
- deaden, blunt - make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"
--5 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:
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