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Defenition of the word obtuse

    • Defenition of the word obtuse

      • (An angle measure) greater than 90В° and less than 180В°.
      • 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"
      • of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees
      • of a leaf shape; rounded at the apex
      • 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
      • 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 mak
      • slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
      • lacking in insight or discernment
      • (of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex

    Synonyms for the word obtuse

      • dense
      • dim
      • dull
      • dull-witted
      • dumb
      • imperceptive
      • insensitive
      • purblind
      • simple-minded
      • slow
      • stupid
      • thick
      • thickheaded

    Similar words in the obtuse

      • obtuse
      • obtusely
      • obtuseness
      • obtuser
      • obtusest
      • simple
      • stupid
      • undiscerning
      • unsubdivided

    Antonyms for the word obtuse

      • acute

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