Blunt and Spare

Blunt

Blunt adjective - Being or characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or manner.

Spare and blunt are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spare" instead an adjective "Blunt".

Nearby Words: bluntly, blunted, blunting

Spare

Spare adjective - Being over what is needed.

Blunt and spare are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Blunt" instead an adjective "Spare".

Nearby Words: spar, sparing, spared, sparely

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

character blunt character spare character
pain blunt pain spare pain
kid blunt kid spare kid
bullets blunt bullets spare bullets
Other words: enemies.

Both words in one sentence

  • Improvised Weapon If you have a spare stocking and a few blunt objects, you might as well Sock It To Them.
  • Spoofed in Slayers where Zelgadis tells the villain how he decided to spare him and used the blunt side of the sword, only to realize that his sword is double-edged.
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