Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp.

Dull in understanding; slow of discernment.

Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.

Hard to penetrate.

To dull the edge or point, by making it thicker.

To repress or weaken any appetite, desire or power of the mind; to impair the force of any passion which affects the mind, or of any evil or good which affects the body; as, to blunt the edge of love, of pain, or of suffering. Your ceaseless endeavors will be exerted to blunt the stings of pain.