Synonyms of the word

blunt

• adj. Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.
• adj. Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute.
• adj. Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
• adj. Hard to impress or penetrate.
• adj. Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive.
• n. A fencer's practice foil with a soft tip.
• n. A short needle with a strong point.
• n. (smoking) A marijuana cigar.
• n. (Britain, slang, archaic, uncountable) money.
• n. A playboating move resembling a cartwheel performed on a wave.
• v. To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
• v. (figuratively) To repress or weaken; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of.

alter

• v. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
• v. (intransitive) To become different.
• v. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
• v. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.

benumb

• v. (transitive) To make numb, as by cold or anesthetic.
• v. (transitive) To deaden.

candid

• adj. Impartial and free from prejudice.
• adj. Straightforward, open and sincere.
• adj. Not posed or rehearsed.
• n. A spontaneous or unposed photograph.

change

• v. (intransitive) To become something different.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
• v. (transitive) To replace.
• v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
• v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
• v. (archaic) To exchange.
• v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
• n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
• n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
• n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
• n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
• n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
• n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
• n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
• n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
• n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
• n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

crude

• adj. Being in a natural state.
• adj. Characterized by simplicity, especially something not carefully or expertly made.
• adj. Lacking concealing elements.
• adj. Lacking tact or taste.
• adj. (statistics) Being in an unanalyzed form.
• adj. (archaic) Immature or unripe.
• adj. (grammar) pertaining to the uninflected stem of a word.
• n. Any substance in its natural state.
• n. Crude oil.

deaden

• v. (transitive) To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle.
• v. (intransitive) To become less lively; to diminish (by itself).
• v. (transitive) To make soundproof.

desensitise

• v. Alternative spelling of desensitize.

desensitize

• v. To cause to become less sensitive or insensitive.

direct

• adj. Proceeding without deviation or interruption.
• adj. Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end.
• adj. Straightforward; sincere.
• adj. Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
• adj. In the line of descent; not collateral.
• adj. (astronomy) In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the…
• adj. (political science) Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes…
• adj. (aviation, travel) having a single flight number.
• adv. Directly.
• v. To manage, control, steer.
• v. To aim (something) at (something else).
• v. To point out or show to (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way.
• v. To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order.
• v. (dated) To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name and residence of the person to whom…

dull

• adj. Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.
• adj. Boring; not exciting or interesting.
• adj. Not shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster or brightness.
• adj. Not bright or intelligent; stupid; slow of understanding.
• adj. Sluggish, listless.
• adj. Cloudy, overcast.
• adj. Insensible; unfeeling.
• adj. Heavy; lifeless; inert.
• adj. (of pain etc) Not intense; felt indistinctly or only slightly.
• adj. (of a noise or sound) Not clear, muffled.
• v. (transitive) To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp.
• v. (transitive) To soften, moderate or blunt; to make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy.
• v. (intransitive) To lose a sharp edge; to become dull.
• v. To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.

forthright

• adj. straightforward; not evasive; candid and direct.

frank

• adj. honest, especially in an manner that seems slightly blunt; candid; not reserved or disguised.
• adj. (medicine) unmistakable, clinically obvious, self-evident.
• adj. (obsolete) Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free.
• adj. (obsolete) Liberal; generous; profuse.
• adj. (obsolete, derogatory) Unrestrained; loose; licentious.
• n. (uncountable) Free postage, a right exercised by governments (usually with definite article).
• n. (countable) The notice on an envelope where a stamp would normally be found.
• v. To place a frank on an envelope.
• v. To exempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.
• v. To send by public conveyance free of expense.
• n. A hot dog or sausage.
• n. (Britain) the grey heron.
• n. A pigsty.
• v. To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten.

free-spoken

• adj. Characterized by direct and open expression of views, feelings, etc.

modify

• v. (transitive) To make partial changes to.
• v. (intransitive) To be or become modified.

numb

• adj. Without the power of sensation and motion or feeling; insensible.
• adj. Not able to react, surprised, shocked.
• adj. Causing numbness.
• v. (transitive) To cause to become numb.

outspoken

• adj. Speaking, or spoken, freely, openly, or boldly; vocal.
• v. past participle of outspeak.

plainspoken

• adj. Speaking plainly or simply.

point-blank

• adj. (forensics) very close; not touching but not more than a few metres (yards).
• adj. (ballistics) the distance between a firearm and a target where a projectile in flight is expected to strike…
• adj. Disconcertingly straightforward or blunt.
• adv. In a direct manner, without hesitation.

pointless

• adj. Having no point or sharp tip; terminating squarely or in a rounded end.
• adj. Having no prominent or important feature, as of an argument, discourse, etc.
• adj. Having no purpose; purposeless; unable to effect an aim.
• adj. (mathematics) Without points.

stark

• adj. (obsolete) Hard, firm; obdurate.
• adj. Severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather).
• adj. (rare) Strong; vigorous; powerful.
• adj. Stiff, rigid.
• adj. Hard in appearance; barren, desolate.
• adj. Complete, absolute, full.
• adv. starkly; entirely, absolutely.
• v. (obsolete or dialect) To stiffen.

straight-from-the-shoulder

• adj. Alternative spelling of straight from the shoulder.

unconditional

• adj. Absolute; without conditions, limitations, reservations or qualifications.

unpointed

• adj. Not pointed (formed into a point).
• adj. Not pointed (finished by filling with cement or mortar).
• adj. (typography) Not marked with a point.

weaken

• v. (transitive) To make weaker.
• v. (intransitive) To become weaker.