Betekenis van:
blunt

blunt
Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
  • vrijmoedige manier van doen
  • characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
"blunt talking and straight shooting"
"a blunt New England farmer"

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blunt
Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
    • used of a knife or other blade; not sharp
    "a blunt instrument"
    blunt
    Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
      • having a broad or rounded end
      "thick marks made by a blunt pencil"
      blunt
      Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
        • devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
        "the blunt truth"

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        to blunt
        Werkwoord
        • dof van geest maken
        • make numb or insensitive

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        to blunt
        Werkwoord
        • afstompen
        • make less intense
        "blunted emotions"

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        to blunt
        Werkwoord
        • afstompen, vervlakken
        • make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
        "Terror blunted her feelings"

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        to blunt
        Werkwoord
          • make less sharp
          "blunt the knives"

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          to blunt
          Werkwoord
            • make dull or blunt

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            Voorbeeldzinnen

            1. Tom is very blunt.
            2. He is very blunt in his manner.
            3. He was killed by a blunt weapon.
            4. Y'know we're short of money to have fun and ... Well to be blunt, gimme!
            5. My sword may be blunt, but that's more than enough for someone like you.
            6. One of the clichés of each detective story is that the victim has obviously been hit "with a blunt object".
            7. That knife was so blunt I couldn't use it to cut the meat so I had to rely on my pocket knife.
            8. The knife was so blunt that I could not cut the meat with it and I resorted to my pocket knife.
            9. square sweet peppers (blunt),
            10. elongated sweet peppers (pointed), square sweet peppers (blunt),
            11. blunt instruments – objects capable of being used to cause serious injury when used to hit; and
            12. commercial type (“elongated”, “square blunt”, “square tapering”, “flat”) or name of the variety.
            13. square sweet peppers (blunt) and square tapering sweet peppers (peg-top): 40 mm