BLUNT, a. [from the root of Gr.to dull.] 1. Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp.2. Dull in understanding; slow of discernment.3. Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.4. Hard to penetrate. [Unusual.]BLUNT, v.t. To dull the edge or point, by making it thicker. 1. To repress or weaken any appetite, desire or power of the mind; to impair the force of any passion which affects the mind, or of any evil or good which affects the body; as, to blunt the edge of love, of pain, or of suffering.Your ceaseless endeavors will be exerted to blunt the stings of pain.
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