obtuse
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ob·tuse
(ŏb-tūs', -tyūs', əb-) 
adj., -tus·er, -tus·est.
obtuseness ob·tuse'ness n.
adj., -tus·er, -tus·est.
- Lacking quickness of perception or intellect.
- Characterized by a lack of intelligence or sensitivity: an obtuse remark.
- Not distinctly felt: an obtuse pain.
- Not sharp, pointed, or acute in form; blunt.
- Having an obtuse angle: an obtuse triangle.
- Botany. Having a blunt or rounded tip: an obtuse leaf.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin obtūsus, past participle of obtundere, to blunt. See obtund.]
obtusely ob·tuse'ly adv.obtuseness ob·tuse'ness n.
Roget's Thesaurus:
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obtuse
adjective
- Lacking in intelligence: blockheaded, dense, doltish, dumb, hebetudinous, stupid, thickheaded, thick-witted. Informal thick. Slang dimwitted, dopey. See ability/inability.
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obtuse
adj
Definition: blunt, not sharp
Antonyms: pointed, sharp
adj
Definition: stupid
Antonyms: astute, bright, clever, intelligent, quick, sharp, smart
Word Tutor:
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obtuse
IN BRIEF: Not quick to understand.
Am an attendant lord, one that will do...Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse; At times, indeed, almost ridiculous— Almost, at times, the Fool."
— T.S. Eliot (1888-1965),British-American poet and critic, from The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, 1917.
Tutor's tip: An "abstruse" professor may be deep, profound and hard to understand. Unfortunately, some of her students are "obtuse" or dull and slow-witted.
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categories related to 'obtuse'
- Stupid, Ignorant, or Confused
- Dimensions and Directions - obtuse: (adj) designating an angle greater than 90 but less than 180 degrees
- Shapes - obtuse: (adj) being an angle of more than 90 but less than 180 degrees
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Obtuse
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Obtuse may refer to:
- Obtuse angle, an angle of between 90 and 180 degrees,
- Obtuse triangle, a triangle with an internal angle of between 90 and 180 degrees,
- leaf shape,
- Linguistic ambiguity, lacking sharpness or quickness of sensibility.
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Obtuse
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - sløv, stump, tykhovedet, dum
Nederlands (Dutch)
stompzinnig, bot
Français (French)
adj. - obtus, stupide, (Math) obtus
Deutsch (German)
adj. - stumpf, beschränkt
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αμβλύς (κν. στομωμένος), βραδύνους
Italiano (Italian)
ottuso, stupido
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - obtuso, estúpido
Español (Spanish)
adj. - obtuso, torpe, tardo en comprender
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - slö, trög, trögtänkt
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
钝的, 圆头的, 不尖的
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 鈍的, 圓頭的, 不尖的
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 鈍い, 鈍角の, 鈍感な
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - עמום, אטום, קשה-תפיסה, טיפש, קהה
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