BLUNT Copy link • BLUNT 1. hebes, obtusus, retusus (PROP. and figuratirely). To be blunt, hebere; obtusa esse acie (PROP.): hebetem, hebetatum, obtusum esse (also figuratively). Become so, hebescere (PROP. and figuratively). Blunt in spirit, hebetis or tardi ingenii. Rough, rude, inurbanus, rusticus, horridus. Abrupt, abruptus. Plain, liber. 2. v. hebetare, retundere, obtundere (PROP. and figuratively): an axe, retundere securim: a spear, hebetare hastam: a keen palate, obtundere subtile palatum: the mind, mentem, ingenium obtundere. To be blunted to a thing, hebetatum atque induratum esse ad aliquid. Blunted in body and mind, animo simul et corpore hebetato. To blunt hope, spem debilitare, extenuare.