blunt
/blʌnt/
US pronunciation
American sound/blʌnt/
blunt
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US voice -> blunt
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blunt /blʌnt/ adj (-er, -est )
၁။ တုံးသော။ မချွန်သော။ မထက်သော။ a blunt knife/saw/pencil ❍ Police said he had been battered with a blunt instrument, possibly a hammer.
၂။ တဲ့တိုး။ တုံးတိ။ ဗြောင်။ a blunt refusal ❍ Let me be quite blunt (with you)—your work is appalling.
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၁။ တုံးသည်။ တုံးစေသည်။ a knife blunted by years of use.
၂။ (အရည်အသွေး၊ ထိရောက်မှု) လျော့ပါးစေသည်။ a fine mind blunted by boredom ❍ The impact of the report will be severely blunted by this latest news.
❏ bluntly adv ဘွင်းဘွင်း။ တဲ့တိုး။ To put it bluntly, your work isn't good enough. bluntness n [U]
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dull, rounded, dulled, blunted, abrupt, attenuate, benumb, bluff, brief, brusque, candid, cripple, crusty, curt, dampen, deaden, debilitate, desensitize, diminish, direct, disable, discourteous, edgeless, enfeeble, explicit, forthright, frank, gruff, hebetate, honest, impolite, insensitive, lessen, make dull, matter-of-fact, moderate, no-nonsense, not sharp, numb, obtund, obtuse, outspoken, plain-spoken, pointless, put a damper on, round, rude, sap, short, snappy, snippy, soften, soothe, straight-talking, straightforward, tactless, take the edge off, trenchant, unceremonious, uncivil, uncompromising, undermine, unpolished, unsharpened, water down, weaken
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