blunt

/blʌnt/

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。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: blunt instrument(鈍器), blunt force(鈍力), blunt reply(ぶっきらぼうな返事)

定義: 鋭くない、先が丸い、または切れ味が悪いことを指します。人の性格や言葉について使うと、遠慮なく率直に話すことを意味します。

bluntは約100,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

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)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The knife is too blunt to cut the vegetables.(そのナイフは野菜を切るには鈍すぎる。)
She gave a blunt answer to the question.(彼女は質問に対して率直な答えをした。)
His blunt remarks often hurt people’s feelings.(彼の率直な発言はよく人の気持ちを傷つける。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

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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Exam Level

英検準1級

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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

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