意味: 鈍らせる
例文: ALX-9000 bluntly insulted the microwave.
ALX-9000は電子レンジを容赦なくけなした。
定義: 激しさを軽減する
コロケーション:
bluntは100,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。
Definitions(定義)
Verb: make less intense
Verb: make numb or insensitive
Verb: make dull or blunt
Verb: make less sharp
Verb: make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
Adjective: having a broad or rounded end
Adjective: used of a knife or other blade; not sharp
Adjective: characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
Adjective: devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
Parts of Speech(品詞)
Verb, Adjective
Examples(例文)
Verb: blunted emotions
Verb: The shock numbed her senses
Verb: Too much cutting dulls the knife’s edge
Verb: blunt the knives
Verb: Terror blunted her feelings
Verb: deaden a sound
Adjective: thick marks made by a blunt pencil
Adjective: a blunt instrument
Adjective: blunt talking and straight shooting
Adjective: a blunt New England farmer
Adjective: I gave them my candid opinion
Adjective: forthright criticism
Adjective: a forthright approach to the problem
Adjective: tell me what you think–and you may just as well be frank
Adjective: it is possible to be outspoken without being rude
Adjective: plainspoken and to the point
Adjective: a point-blank accusation
Adjective: the blunt truth
Adjective: the crude facts
Adjective: facing the stark reality of the deadline
Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)
Synonyms(類語): benumb, blunt, candid, crude, deaden, dull, forthright, frank, free-spoken, numb, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, stark, straight-from-the-shoulder
Antonyms(反意語): enliven, sharpen
Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)
Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): change, desensitize, weaken
Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): accelerate, acerbate, acetylate, achromatize, activate, adjust, affect, age, alchemize, alcoholize, alkalinize, allegorize, alter, americanize, angulate, animize, antiquate, antique, archaize, arterialize, ash, assimilate, automatize, awaken, barb, barbarize, besot, bestialize, better, blind, blister, blunt, blur, boil, break, break down, brighten, bring, brutalize, bubble, calcify, camp, capture, cause to sleep, centralize, change intensity, change taste, charge, chasten, check, circularize, civilize, clarify, classicize, clean, clear, clot, cloud, coarsen, cohere, color, commercialize, communize, commute, complicate, condense, confuse, constitutionalize, contaminate, conventionalize, convert, cook, cool, corrupt, counterchange, crack, cripple, cry, customize, damage, dampen, darken, de-emphasize, de-energize, deaden, deafen, deaminate, decarboxylate, decelerate, decentralize, decimalize, decorate, decrease, decrepitate, deflate, deform, dehydrogenate, demagnetize, demist, democratize, demonize, demulsify, demythologize, denationalize, denaturalize, denature, deodorize, depersonalize, depolarize, depress, desensitize, destabilize, detransitivize, devalue, develop, devilize, devitalize, digitize, dilute, dinge, dirty, disable, discolor, disharmonize, disintegrate, disorder, disqualify, dissimilate, dissolve, diversify, dizzy, domesticate, dope, draw, dry, dull, dynamize, ease up, edit, emasculate, embrittle, empty, emulsify, enable, end, enervate, enfeeble, equal, eroticize, estrange, etherealize, etiolate, europeanize, evaporate, even, excite, extend, exteriorize, fatten, feminize, fertilize, fill, fix, flatten, flocculate, freeze, frenchify, full, gelatinize, glamorize, glorify, habituate, harmonize, harshen, heat, hue, humanize, humble, hydrogenate, immaterialize, immortalize, inactivate, incandesce, increase, indispose, industrialize, inflate, inform, inseminate, insulate, intensify, internationalize, introvert, invalidate, invert, iodinate, ionate, islamize, isomerize, laicize, legitimate, lend, liberalize, lifehack, lift, liquefy, loosen, louden, lower, lubricate, magnetize, make, mark, masculinize, mechanize, militarize, mince, mix, morph, muddy, mythologize, nationalize, naturalize, nazify, neutralize, nick, normalize, numb, obfuscate, obscure, occidentalize, officialize, opacify, opalize, opsonize, orientalize, ossify, outmode, oxidize, oxygenize, paganize, pall, parallel, patent, personalize, piggyback, plasticize, poison, polarize, politicize, port, professionalize, proof, prostrate, purify, put, radicalize, rarefy, rationalize, recombine, recommend, reconstruct, refine, reflate, reform, refresh, relax, remodel, restore, revolutionize, right, ripen, romanticize, round off, rusticate, sanitize, saponify, saturate, sauce, schematize, scramble, sensitize, sentimentalize, set, sexualize, shade, shake, shallow, shape, sharpen, shift, shorten, simplify, slenderize, smut, sober, socialize, soften, solemnize, solvate, spice, spike, sputter, stabilize, stain, steepen, stiffen, still, straighten, strengthen, string, stun, substitute, suburbanize, supercharge, supple, suspend, sweeten, switch, symmetrize, synchronize, tame, temper, tender, tense, territorialize, thicken, think, tighten, tone down, touch, transaminate, transfigure, transform, transitivize, translate, transmute, transpose, turn, turn back, uglify, unbrace, unclutter, uniformize, unite, unsanctify, unscramble, unsex, untie, untune, urbanize, validate, variegate, vascularize, ventilate, verbify, vesiculate, visualize, vitalize, vitrify, vivify, volatilize, vulgarise, warm, wash out, weaken, weaponize, wet, widen, worsen
Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): dampen, obtund, petrify
Derivationally Related Words(派生語)
Derivationally Related Words: bluntness, candidness, deadening, forthrightness, frankness, outspokenness, starkness
Categories(カテゴリー)
Domain Categories: general
Usage Category: literary
Usage Context: conversation, descriptive
Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb
Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)
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Suffixes(接尾辞):
Exam Level
英検準1級
Media Appearance(メディア登場例)
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Other Information(その他)
Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No
Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No
Emotion Categories:
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