Decrease and Blunt

decrease

A change downward.
- usage: "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"
- synonyms: lessening, drop-off
A process of becoming smaller or shorter.
- synonyms: decrement
The amount by which something decreases.
- synonyms: decrement
The act of decreasing or reducing something.
- synonyms: diminution, reduction, step-down

Decrease in size, extent, or range.
- usage: "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
- synonyms: diminish, lessen, fall
Make smaller.
- usage: "He decreased his staff"
- synonyms: lessen, minify

(v.t.) To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually; as, extravagance decreases one's means.
(v.) A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a decrease of revenue or of strength.
(n.) To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc. or in strength, quality or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to December.
(v.) The wane of the moon.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

blunt

Make less intense.
- usage: "blunted emotions"
Make numb or insensitive.
- usage: "The shock numbed her senses"
- synonyms: numb, benumb, dull
Make dull or blunt.
- usage: "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"
- synonyms: dull
Make less sharp.
- usage: "blunt the knives"
Make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation.
- usage: "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"
- synonyms: deaden

Having a broad or rounded end.
- usage: "thick marks made by a blunt pencil"
Used of a knife or other blade; not sharp.
- usage: "a blunt instrument"
Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion.
- usage: "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think-and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation"
- synonyms: candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder
Devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment.
- usage: "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline"
- synonyms: crude, stark

(n.) Money.
(a.) Hard to impress or penetrate.
(a.) Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
(a.) Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp.
(a.) Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; -- opposed to acute.
(n.) A short needle with a strong point. See Needle.
(v.t.) To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
(v.t.) 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.
(n.) A fencer's foil.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Blunt is a masculine given name

Name Meaning: 'King Henry IV, Part 1' Sir Walter Blunt. 'King Henry IV, Part 2' One of the King's party
Name Origin: Shakespearean