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  • 11blunt — [blunt] adj. [ME < ?] 1. slow to perceive, feel, or understand; dull 2. having a dull edge or point; not sharp 3. plain spoken and abrupt vt. 1. to make (an edge or point) dull 2. to make dull or insensitive …

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  • 12blunt — [adj1] not sharp dull, dulled, edgeless, insensitive, obtuse, pointless, round, rounded, unsharpened; concepts 485,486 Ant. needled, pointed, sharp blunt [adj2] straightforward abrupt, bluff, brief, brusque, candid, crusty, curt, discourteous,… …

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  • 13Make Way for Tomorrow — UK Blu Ray cover Directed by Leo McCarey Produced by …

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  • 14blunt — ► ADJECTIVE 1) lacking a sharp edge or point. 2) having a flat or rounded end. 3) uncompromisingly forthright in manner. ► VERB 1) make or become blunt. 2) weaken or reduce the force of. DERIVATIVES …

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  • 15Make Your Own History — Studio album by Stray from the Path Released October 26, 2009 Recorded Bulb Studios in Washington, D.C. in February 2009 Genre …

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  • 16blunt — blunt1 [blʌnt] adj [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: Perhaps from Old Norse blundr sleeping ] 1.) not sharp or pointed ≠ ↑sharp ▪ Sharpen all your blunt knives. ▪ a blunt pencil 2.) speaking in an honest way even if this upsets people →↑bluntly …

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  • 17blunt — blunt1 [ blʌnt ] adjective 1. ) not pointed or sharp: a blunt pencil/razor 2. ) saying what is true or what you think, even if this offends or upsets people: It was a frank answer to a blunt question. let s be blunt (=used before saying that… …

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  • 18blunt — I UK [blʌnt] / US adjective Word forms blunt : adjective blunt comparative blunter superlative bluntest 1) saying what is true or what you think, even if this offends or upsets people It was a frank answer to a blunt question. let s be blunt (=… …

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  • 19Blunt, Anthony — (1907–1983)    A Soviet agent who recruited agents for Soviet intelligence in the 1930s, Blunt survived exposure for more than a decade and was never prosecuted for his treachery. A brilliant art historian, he had become Queen Elizabeth’s… …

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  • 20blunt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. dull, deaden, numb; moderate. adj. dull; direct; brusque; undiplomatic, forthright. See bluntness, discourtesy, insensibility, moderation. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Dull] Syn. dull, unsharpened,… …

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