Obtuse
[əb'tjuːs]
Definition
(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 .
Typist: Merritt--From WordNet
Definition
(superl.) 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.
(superl.) Dull; deadened; as, obtuse sound.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Dull, stupid, stolid, doltish, blockish, stockish, heavy, slow, unintelligent, unintellectual, shallow, dull-witted, blunt-witted.
Typist: Sharif
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Dull, stupid, unintelligent, stolid, doltish
ANT:Acute, clever, intelligent, quick, sharp
Editor: Trudy
Definition
adj. blunt: not pointed: (bot.) blunt or rounded at the point as a leaf: stupid: not shrill: (geom.) greater than a right angle.—adjs. Obtuse′-ang′led Obtuse′-ang′ular having an angle greater than a right angle.—adv. Obtuse′ly.—ns. Obtuse′ness Obtus′ity.
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Examples
- When the elder Osborne gave what he called a hint, there was no possibility for the most obtuse to mistake his meaning. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Does not the apparition make vividly manifest the obtuse mould of my heavy traits? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I have been very obtuse, Watson, said he. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- How she thanked God for Gerald's obtuse blindness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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