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blunting

/ˈblʌntɪŋ/

blunting is the present participle and gerund of blunt.

Meaning of blunt

Verb

blunt (third-person singular simple present blunts, present participle blunting, simple past and past participle blunted)

  1. To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
  2. (figuratively) To repress or weaken; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of
    • It blunted my appetite.

See all 14 meanings of blunt

Noun

blunting (plural bluntings)

  1. The process by which something is made blunt.
    • Even those productions that mean to “bring Lear home” to the audience seem always to involve fresh bluntings and blurrings of the full effect.2015, Michael Goldman, Shakespeare and the Energies of Drama, page 95

Forms of blunting

pluralbluntings

Words that rhyme with blunting

Questions about blunting

What does blunting mean?
Blunting means the process by which something is made blunt.
What is blunting the present participle and gerund of?
Blunting is the present participle and gerund of blunt.
What part of speech is blunting?
Blunting is a noun.
How do you pronounce blunting?
Blunting is pronounced /ˈblʌntɪŋ/.
What is the plural of blunting?
The plural of blunting is bluntings.

Words near blunting in the dictionary

  1. bluntens
  2. blunter
  3. blunters
  4. bluntest
  5. blunteth
  6. blunting
  7. bluntings
  8. bluntish
  9. Bluntisham
  10. bluntishly
  11. bluntishness

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