How to pronounce “blunted” in English

are? "The answer wasn't exercise. My experience trying to find and use a proper gym, somewhere with the full complements of weights and an attractive array of cardiovascular machinesand a setting that blunted the potential drudgery of it all, made that immediately clear. In the center of Rome, where The Times office was located, there was nothing like a spaciousgleaming equinox where past illegitimate fitness centers were the sorts of perfunctory setups you found in hotels. They were depressing and they weren't gonna motivate me to visit