blunt vs sharp
Definitions
adjective
- used of a knife or other blade; not sharp
- having a broad or rounded end
- devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
- characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
verb
- make less intense
- make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
- make dull or blunt
- make less sharp
- make numb or insensitive
Examples
He asked me bluntly, ‘Why would you want to leave private life and take on such a difficult, dangerous and probably thankless job?’
`Your own position, if you'll forgive my bluntness, could be a great deal unhappier than mine if he isn't stopped quickly.
When your mama a biach, you gonna be a bicah - when you grow up hearing men tell your mama "Bring me my blunts, BIACH!" you won't have a very high opinion of women, ergo, yourself.
Definitions
adjective
- marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
- (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- (of something seen or heard) clearly defined
- ending in a sharp point
adverb
- changing suddenly in direction and degree
noun
- a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named
- a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point
Examples
There are some sharp lines and a couple of catchy songs but there's also a lot of turgid stuff.
This antimodernist nativism pervaded the 1920s, but it was particularly visible in the scientific racism of the eugenics movement, the xenophobia of the "100 percent American" movement, the sharp resurgence in the Ku Klux Klan, the post – World War One Red Scare (directed primarily at immigrant radicals), and in a series of draconian immigration restriction acts. 11
Some spring from immediately below the earth, and may more properly be termed suckers; the others grow on the visible part of the stem or caudex, often close to the oldest leaves; these should be cut off with a sharp knife, in early summer, and if they have a little of the parent bark attached to them all the better.
