blunt (verb)
101direct — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. guide, lead; regulate, govern, conduct, head, manage, supervise, boss, rule; aim, point; order, command, prescribe, bid, instruct, teach, coach, prompt; show or lead the way; address. See authority …
102harden — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. anneal, fire; steel; congeal, thicken (see hardness); accustom, inure, blunt. See habit, insensibility. Ant., soften. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make less pervious] Syn. steel, temper, anneal, solidify …
103dull — 1. adjective 1) a dull novel Syn: uninteresting, boring, tedious, monotonous, unrelieved, unvaried, unimaginative, uneventful; characterless, featureless, colorless, lifeless, insipid, unexciting, uninspiring, unstimulating …
104dull — 1. adjective 1) a dull novel Syn: uninteresting, boring, tedious, monotonous, unimaginative, uneventful, characterless, featureless, colourless, lifeless, unexciting, uninspiring, flat, bland, stodgy, dreary; informal de …
105ob|tund — «ob TUHND», transitive verb. to blunt; dull; deaden. ╂[< Latin obtundere to blunt, dull; see etym. under obtuse (Cf. ↑obtuse)] …
106rebate — I. verb (rebated; rebating) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French rebatre, rabatre to beat back, deduct, from re + abatre to strike down, from a (from Latin ad ) + batre to beat, from Latin battuere Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to …
107stint — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English styntan to blunt, dull; akin to Old Norse stuttr scant Date: 13th century intransitive verb 1. archaic stop, desist 2. to be sparing or frugal < not stinting with their praise > …
108thump — I. verb Etymology: imitative Date: 1548 transitive verb 1. to strike or beat with or as if with something thick or heavy so as to cause a dull sound 2. pound, knock 3. whip, thrash 4. to produce (music) mechanically or in a mechanical manner… …
109turn — I. verb Etymology: Middle English; partly from Old English tyrnan & turnian to turn, from Medieval Latin tornare, from Latin, to turn on a lathe, from tornus lathe, from Greek tornos; partly from Anglo French turner, tourner to turn, from… …
110Galdr — NOTOC ( gala ).The article galder in Henrikson A., Törngren D. and Hansson L. (1998). Stora mythologiska uppslagsboken . ISBN 91 37 11346 1] EtymologyThe Old Norse word galdr (Old English gealdor ) is derived from a word for singing incantations …
