blunted Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb make less intense
   blunt.
   
   • blunted emotions
2. verb make numb or insensitive
   benumb; blunt; dull; numb.
   
   • The shock numbed her senses
3. verb make dull or blunt
   blunt; dull.
   
   • Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge
4. verb make less sharp
   blunt.
   
   • blunt the knives
5. verb make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
   deaden; blunt.
   
   • Terror blunted her feelings
   • deaden a sound
6. adjective satellite made dull or blunt
   dulled.
   

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