What is the simple meaning of Blunt?

Answer 1

Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp., Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; -- opposed to acute., Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech., Hard to impress or penetrate., To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt., To repress or weaken, as any appetite, desire, or power of the mind; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of; as, to blunt the feelings., A fencer's foil., A short needle with a strong point. See Needle., Money.