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blunten

blunten verb: to make blunt (take the edge off).

Verb

blunten (third-person singular simple present bluntens, present participle bluntening, simple past and past participle bluntened)

  1. (rare) To make blunt (take the edge off)

Antonyms of blunten

Forms of blunten

third-person singular presentbluntens
present participlebluntening
past participlebluntened
pastbluntened

Origin of blunten

From blunt + -en (verbal suffix).

Questions about blunten

What does blunten mean?
Blunten means to make blunt (take the edge off).
What part of speech is blunten?
Blunten is a verb.
What is the past tense of blunten?
The past tense of blunten is bluntened.

Words near blunten in the dictionary

  1. blunt-nosed viper
  2. blunt-nosed vipers
  3. blunt-witted
  4. bluntable
  5. blunted
  6. blunten
  7. bluntened
  8. bluntening
  9. bluntens
  10. blunter
  11. blunters

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