Blunt /(blŭnt)/

1. Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp.

   The murderous knife was dull and blunt.

2. Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; -- opposed to acute.

   His wits are not so blunt.

3. Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
4. Hard to impress or penetrate. [R.]

   I find my heart hardened and blunt to new impressions.

imp. & p. p. Blunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Blunting

1. To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
2. To repress or weaken, as any appetite, desire, or power of the mind; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of; as, to blunt the feelings.

1. A fencer's foil. [Obs.]
2. A short needle with a strong point. See Needle.
3. Money. [Cant]