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Synonyms for blunter

Grammar : Adj
Spell : bluhnt
Phonetic Transcription : blÊŒnt

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Définition of blunter

Origin :
  • c.1200, "dull, obtuse," perhaps from or related to Old Norse blundra (see blunder (v.)). Of tools or weapons, late 14c. Meaning "abrupt of speech or manner" is from 1580s.
  • adj not sharp
  • adj straightforward
Example sentences :
  • A sharper or blunter turn would have ripped the vessel from bow to stern.
  • Extract from : « El Diablo » by Brayton Norton
  • The shorter and blunter the spur, and the smoother the leg, the younger is the bird.
  • Extract from : « Dog Breaking » by William Nelson Hutchinson
  • The voice that broke in was harsher and blunter than Baudichon's.
  • Extract from : « The Long Night » by Stanley Weyman
  • A blunter Williams used to take me by the button on the street.
  • Extract from : « Lazarre » by Mary Hartwell Catherwood
  • "And so better," said Mr. Carter, with a sarcasm of a blunter sort.
  • Extract from : « Castle Richmond » by Anthony Trollope
  • His head was rounder and blunter than the rat's, his feet were larger and softer, and his limbs and his tail were shorter.
  • Extract from : « Creatures of the Night » by Alfred W. Rees
  • To the blunter and less refined sensibilities of the male there seems something a little indelicate in this impartial eagerness.
  • Extract from : « The Quaint Companions » by Leonard Merrick
  • Every week since her departure he had written her, even though the letters grew shorter and blunter as his duties increased.
  • Extract from : « Quin » by Alice Hegan Rice
  • Distracted by lateral perceptions from the point ahead, they blunder where blunter minds would go forward undismayed.
  • Extract from : « The House with the Green Shutters » by George Douglas Brown
  • His features were blunter, more humorous, and his face was already lined, while his hands looked work-worn.
  • Extract from : « Joanna Godden » by Sheila Kaye-Smith

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