blunted
No longer sharp
Blunted describes something that has lost its edge or sharpness.
A blunted knife cuts poorly.
Figuratively, blunted applies to diminished intensity or sensitivity: His enthusiasm was blunted by repeated rejection.
In drug slang, blunted means high from smoking a blunt (a marijuana cigar): We got blunted and watched movies all night.
Deprived of sensation
- desensitizedMade unresponsive through overexposure
- deadenedMade less intense
- mutedMade quieter or softer
- dampenedMade moist or subdued
suppressed · detached · withdrawn · flat · affect · apathetic · indifferent · unfeeling
Made less capable
- diminishedMade or became smaller
- reducedMade less in amount
- softenedMade less severe
- lessenedMade or became smaller
mitigated · tempered · moderated · diluted · undermined · curtailed · neutralized · ineffective
Produce change upon
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
- reflexesAutomatic physical responses
- sensationPerceived stimulus or phenomenon
- responseAnswer to stimulus
impaired · diminished · psychiatric · neurological · flattened · assessment · symptom · diagnosis
dulled
Made less sharp
worn · filed · rounded · tip · point · scissors · cutting · honed · whetstone · grindstone
numbed
Deprived of sensation
- desensitizedMade unresponsive through overexposure
- deadenedMade less intense
- mutedMade quieter or softer
dampened · suppressed · detached · withdrawn · flat · affect · apathetic · indifferent · unfeeling · hardened
weakened
Made less capable
- diminishedMade or became smaller
- reducedMade less in amount
- softenedMade less severe
lessened · mitigated · tempered · moderated · diluted · undermined · curtailed · neutralized · ineffective · compromised
affect
Produce change upon
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
- reflexesAutomatic physical responses
- sensationPerceived stimulus or phenomenon
response · impaired · diminished · psychiatric · neurological · flattened · assessment · symptom · diagnosis · medication
joint
Shared by multiple parties
marijuana · weed · cigar · hollowed · stuffed · lit · passed · session · rotation · shared
- blade sharpnesssharp, dull, keen, razor-sharp, honed
- mental statesknowledge, conscious, mood, anxious, memory
- conditionsmedical condition, weather conditions, environmental conditions, living conditions, working conditions
- horn shapescurved, spiral, twisted, straight, crescent
bluntedacute
Intensely severe or perceptive
heightened · keen · sensitized · intensified · vivid
bluntedsharpened
Made more cutting
intensified · amplified · strengthened · heightened · reinforced
- blunt forceImpact without piercing
- blunt instrumentWeapon lacking an edge
- blunt object
- blunt traumaDamage from non-penetrating force
- Emily Blunt
- blunt talkDirect, unvarnished communication
blunt, bluntly, bluntness, blunts, blunter, bluntest, blunting, unblunted