Blunts Synonyms and Antonyms

Make numb or insensitive
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. dulls
  2. benumbs
  3. numbs
To render less sensitive
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. dulls
  2. numbs
  3. desensitizes
  4. deadens
  5. benumbs
Make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. deadens

Blunts Sentence Examples

  • In his company the Blunts set out from Damascus, and travelled across the Syrian desert by the Wadi Sirhan to Jauf.

  • Here the sheikh found some of his relations and the matrimonial alliance was soon arranged; but though the object of the journey had been attained, the Blunts were anxious to visit Hail and make the acquaintance of the amir Ibn Rashid, of whose might and generosity they daily heard from their hosts in Jauf.

  • Jauf is a small town consisting, at the time of the Blunts' visit in 1879, of not more than 500 houses.