# blunt

> English word · Adjective · IPA /blʌnt/ · frequency rank #8,245

## Definitions
1. Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.
2. Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute.
3. Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting in the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
4. Hard to impress or penetrate.
5. Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive.

## Etymology
From Middle English blunt, blont, from Old English *blunt, probably of North Germanic origin, possibly related to Old Norse blunda (“to doze”) (> Icelandic blunda, Swedish blunda, Danish blunde).

## Easily confused with
- **but** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blunt-vs-but)
- **bun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blunt-vs-bun)
- **butt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blunt-vs-butt)
- **bout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blunt-vs-bout)
- **bust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blunt-vs-bust)
- **blur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blunt-vs-blur)
- **bunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blunt-vs-bunk)
- **Burt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blunt-vs-burt)
- **buns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blunt-vs-buns)
- **bunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blunt-vs-bunt)
- **bund** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blunt-vs-bund)
- **brut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blunt-vs-brut)
- **bung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blunt-vs-bung)
- **bound** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blunt-vs-bound)
- **burnt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blunt-vs-burnt)
- **Bruno** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blunt-vs-bruno)
- **Brent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blunt-vs-brent)
- **blush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blunt-vs-blush)
- **brunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blunt-vs-brunt)
- **brant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blunt-vs-brant)

## Common misspellings (8)
`bblunt`, `bllunt`, `blnut`, `blunnt`, `bluntt`, `blutn`, `bulnt`, `lbunt`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/blunt