Blunt: alternatives and connections

Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

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Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

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Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.

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Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.

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Having no point; blunt; wanting keenness; obtuse; as, a pointless sword; a pointless remark.

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Having no point; blunt; wanting keenness; obtuse; as, a pointless sword; a pointless remark.

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Not conditional limited, or conditioned; made without condition; absolute; unreserved; as, an unconditional surrender.

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Not conditional limited, or conditioned; made without condition; absolute; unreserved; as, an unconditional surrender.

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Not conditioned or subject to conditions; unconditional.

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Not conditioned or subject to conditions; unconditional.

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To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to weaken the body or the mind; to weak…

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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.

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To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.

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To reduce the edge, pungency, or violent action of; to dull; to blunt; to deaden; to quell; as, to obtund the acrimony of the gall.

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To convert, as any animal or vegetable matter, into stone or stony substance.

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To make soft or more soft.

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To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to weaken the body or the mind; to weak…

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Want of edge or point; dullness; obtuseness; want of sharpness.

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Want of edge or point; dullness; obtuseness; want of sharpness.

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Act of crowding anything into a less compass, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation.

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Act of crowding anything into a less compass, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation.

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The state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness; drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster; want of vividness, or of brightn…

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The state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness; drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster; want of vividness, or of brightn…

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To make torpid; to deprive of sensation or sensibility; to stupefy; as, a hand or foot benumbed by cold.

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White.

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In its natural state; not cooked or prepared by fire or heat; undressed; not altered, refined, or prepared for use by any artificial process; raw; as…

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To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers o…

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Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.

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Straight forward; in a straight direction.

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A pigsty.

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Accustomed to speak without reserve.

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Enfeebled in, or destitute of, the power of sensation and motion; rendered torpid; benumbed; insensible; as, the fingers or limbs are numb with cold.

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Speaking, or spoken, freely, openly, or boldly; as, an outspoken man; an outspoken rebuke.

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The white spot on a target, at which an arrow or other missile is aimed.

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Stiff; rigid.

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To make sharp.

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To make sharp.

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