Blunt and Strop

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Blunt verb - To reduce or weaken in strength or feeling.

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Strop is an antonym for blunt.

Nearby Words: bluntly, blunted, blunting

Strop verb - To make sharp or sharper.

Usage example: at the museum they showed us how men used to strop razors with leather bands before the days of disposable blades

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Blunt is an antonym for strop in topics: sharpen, make sharp, make knifelike.

Nearby Word: stropping

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Strop and Blunt. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/blunt/strop

Blunt & Strop. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/blunt/strop>.

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