About The Word Obtuse
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Obtuse
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What's The Definition Of Obtuse?
[adj] slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"
[adj] lacking in insight or discernment; "too obtuse to grasp the implications of his behavior"; "a purblind oligarchy that flatly refused to see that history was condemning it to the dustbin"- Jasper Griffin [adj] of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees [adj] of a leaf shape; rounded at the apex Synonyms | Synonyms for Obtuse: dense | dim | dull | dumb | purblind | simple | slow | stupid | undiscerning | unsubdivided Related Terms | Find terms related to Obtuse: abrupt | affectless | anesthetized | arctic | asleep | autistic | benumbed | bluff | blunt | blunted | blunt-edged | blunt-ended | bluntish | blunt-pointed | blunt-witted | boneheaded | callous | catatonic | chill | chilly | cloddish | cold | cold as charity | cold-blooded | coldhearted | cool | dead | deadened | dense | dim | dim-witted | dispassionate | doltish | dopey | drugged | dull | dull of mind | dulled | dull-edged | dull-headed | dullish | dull-pated | dull-pointed | dull-witted | edgeless | emotionally dead | emotionless | faired | fat-witted | frigid | frosted | frosty | frozen | gross-headed | heartless | heavy | hebetudinous | icy | immovable | impassible | impassive | imperceptive | impercipient | inexcitable | insensate | insensible | insensitive | insentient | insusceptible | loutish | lumpish | mentally retarded | nonemotional | numb | numbed | oafish | obdurate | objective | out of touch | passionless | pointless | rounded | self-absorbed | simple | slow | slow-witted | sluggish | smoothed | soulless | spiritless | stolid | thick | thick-brained | thickheaded | thick-headed | thick-pated | thick-skinned | thickskulled | thick-witted | unaffectionate | unedged | unemotional | unfeeling | unfelt | unimpassioned | unimpressionable | unloving | unpassionate | unperceptive | unpointed | unresponding | unresponsive | unsharp | unsharpened | unsusceptible | unsympathetic | untouchable | wooden See Also | Obtuse In Webster's Dictionary \Ob*tuse"\ a. [Compar. {Obtuser}; superl. {Obtusest}.]
[L. obtusus, p. p. of obtundere to blunt: cf. F. obtus. See
{Obtund}.]
1. Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles
greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety
degrees.
2. Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; dull; stupid;
as, obtuse senses. --Milton.
3. Dull; deadened; as, obtuse sound. --Johnson.
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