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OBTUSE
dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow
(adjective) slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; āso dense he never understands anything I say to himā; ānever met anyone quite so dimā; āalthough dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quickā- Thackeray; ādumb officials make some really dumb decisionsā; āhe was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuseā; āworked with the slow studentsā
obtuse, purblind
(adjective) lacking in insight or discernment; ātoo obtuse to grasp the implications of his behaviorā; āa purblind oligarchy that flatly refused to see that history was condemning it to the dustbinā- Jasper Griffin
obtuse
(adjective) of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees
obtuse
(adjective) (of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
obtuse (comparative obtuser or more obtuse, superlative obtusest or most obtuse)
(now, chiefly, botany, zoology) Blunt; not sharp, pointed, or acute in form.
(botany, zoology) Blunt, or rounded at the extremity.
(geometry, specifically, of an, angle) Larger than one, and smaller than two right angles, or more than 90Ā° and less than 180Ā°.
(geometry, by ellipsis) Obtuse-angled, having an obtuse angle.
Intellectually dull or dim-witted.
Of sound, etc.: deadened, muffled, muted.
Indirect or circuitous.
Synonyms
• (intellectually dull): dense, dim, dim-witted, thick (informal)
• (of a sound): deadened, muffled
• (of a triangle): obtuse-angled
• (now chiefly botany, zoology): blunt, dull
Antonyms
• (intellectually dull): bright, intelligent, on the ball, quick off the mark, quick-witted, sharp, smart
• (deadened, muffled, muted): clear, sharp
• (of an angle): acute
• (of a triangle): acute, acute-angled
• (now chiefly botany, zoology): pointed, sharp
Verb
obtuse (third-person singular simple present obtuses, present participle obtusing, simple past and past participle obtused)
(transitive, obsolete) To dull or reduce an emotion or a physical state.
Anagrams
• buteos
Source: Wiktionary
Ob*tuse". a. [Compar. Obtuser (; superl. Obtusest.] Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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