Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to blunt
Participle: blunted
Gerund: blunting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | blunt |
| you | blunt |
| he;she;it | blunts |
| we | blunt |
| you | blunt |
| they | blunt |
Perfect
| I | have blunted |
| you | have blunted |
| he;she;it | has blunted |
| we | have blunted |
| you | have blunted |
| they | have blunted |
Past
| I | blunted |
| you | blunted |
| he;she;it | blunted |
| we | blunted |
| you | blunted |
| they | blunted |
Pluperfect
| I | had blunted |
| you | had blunted |
| he;she;it | had blunted |
| we | had blunted |
| you | had blunted |
| they | had blunted |
Future
| I | will blunt |
| you | will blunt |
| he;she;it | will blunt |
| we | will blunt |
| you | will blunt |
| they | will blunt |
Future Perfect
| I | will have blunted |
| you | will have blunted |
| he;she;it | will have blunted |
| we | will have blunted |
| you | will have blunted |
| they | will have blunted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | blunt |
| you | blunt |
| he;she;it | blunt |
| we | blunt |
| you | blunt |
| they | blunt |
Perfect
| I | have blunted |
| you | have blunted |
| he;she;it | have blunted |
| we | have blunted |
| you | have blunted |
| they | have blunted |
Imperfect
| I | blunted |
| you | blunted |
| he;she;it | blunted |
| we | blunted |
| you | blunted |
| they | blunted |
Pluperfect
| I | had blunted |
| you | had blunted |
| he;she;it | had blunted |
| we | had blunted |
| you | had blunted |
| they | had blunted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would blunt |
| you | would blunt |
| he;she;it | would blunt |
| we | would blunt |
| you | would blunt |
| they | would blunt |
Perfect
| I | would have blunted |
| you | would have blunted |
| he;she;it | would have blunted |
| we | would have blunted |
| you | would have blunted |
| they | would have blunted |
Imperative
| you | blunt |
| we | Let's blunt |
| you | blunt |
Verbs conjugated like 'blunt'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'blunt'
blurt,
brunt,
bunt,
lunt,
bland,
blank,
blast,
blat,
bleat,
blend,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English blunten, blonten, from the adjective (see above).
Sample Sentences
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[...] she could walk unsupported, and two years before she could sit up all day. It was now observed that her sense of smell was almost entirely destroyed; and, consequently, that her taste was much blunted.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] betweenwhiles, was washing the dark passages at four o’clock in the morning; and went upon my way with a grateful heart that I was not doomed to live where slavery was, and had never had my senses blunted to its wrongs and horrors in a slave-rocked cradle.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Tom had been lying two days since the fatal night, not suffering, for every nerve of suffering was blunted and destroyed. He lay, for the most part, in a quiet stupor; for the laws of a powerful and well-knit frame would not at once release the imprisoned spirit. By stealth, there had been there, in the [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)