What is the meaning of blunt?

verb

• Make less intense.
  • usage: "blunted emotions"
• Make numb or insensitive.
  • usage: "The shock numbed her senses"
  • synonyms: numb, benumb, dull
• Make dull or blunt.
  • usage: "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"
  • synonyms: dull
• Make less sharp.
  • usage: "blunt the knives"
• Make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation.
  • usage: "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"
  • synonyms: deaden

adjective

• Having a broad or rounded end.
  • usage: "thick marks made by a blunt pencil"
• Used of a knife or other blade; not sharp.
  • usage: "a blunt instrument"
• Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion.
  • usage: "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think-and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation"
  • synonyms: candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder
• Devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment.
  • usage: "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline"
  • synonyms: crude, stark