slow, foolish, stupid; blunt; of an angle between 90 and 180 degrees (Geometry); having blunt-tipped leaves (Botany)
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Obtuse Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Obtuse Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(superl.)
Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees.
Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees.
(superl.)
Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; dull; stupid; as, obtuse senses.
Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; dull; stupid; as, obtuse senses.
(superl.)
Dull; deadened; as, obtuse sound.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutDull; deadened; as, obtuse sound.
obtuse
\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.
3. dull; deadened; as, obtuse sound. [
obtuse
adj
1. of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees [ant: acute]
2. of a leaf shape; rounded at the apex
3. 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 [syn: purblind]
4. 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" [syn: dense, dim, dull, dumb, slow]
similar words(3)
obtuse angle
obtuse-angular
obtuse-angled
Adjective
1. of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees
(antonym) acute
2. of a leaf shape; rounded at the apex
(similar) simple, unsubdivided
3. 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
(synonym) purblind
(similar) undiscerning
4. 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"
(synonym) dense, dim, dull, dumb, slow
(similar) stupid
Obtuse Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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
- A leaf shape
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