Word

blunt, v.
(blunted, blunting, blunts)
freq. cnt. 1

make less intense
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

blunt

sample sentences

"blunted emotions"

verb frames

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semantic pointers

hypernym

weaken

make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
<verb.change>

blunt deaden

sample sentences

"Terror blunted her feelings"
"deaden a sound"

verb frames

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

deadening

antonym

enliven

semantic pointers

hypernym

change, alter, modify

hyponym

obtund petrify soften, break, dampen, damp, weaken

make less sharp
<verb.change>

blunt

sample sentences

"blunt the knives"

verb frames

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semantic pointers

hypernym

change, alter, modify

make dull or blunt
<verb.contact>

blunt dull

sample sentences

"Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"

verb frames

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lexical pointers

antonym

sharpen

semantic pointers

hypernym

change, alter, modify

make numb or insensitive
<verb.perception>

benumb blunt dull numb

sample sentences

"The shock numbed her senses"

verb frames

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The performance is likely to %s Sue

verb frames

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The bad news will %s him
The performance is likely to %s Sue

verb frames

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semantic pointers

hypernym

desensitize, desensitise