obtuse English

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obtuse Adjective

— If an angle is acute, it is more than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees in size.

obtuse

— adjective (of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex

— adjective (= purblind) 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

— adjective of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees

— adjective (= dense, dim, dull, dumb, slow) 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

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obtuse English » English

dull

blunt

stupid

slow

foolish

dumb

pointless

unsharpened

slow-witted

silly

purblind

idiotic

dull-witted

dense

unpointed

thickheaded

sluggish

obtuse angle

imperceptive

flat

dim

dazed

witless

unstimulating

unlikeable

unlikable

uninteresting

unexciting

unenlivened

uncool

unappealing

unanimated

truncate

thick

stodgy

round

poky

oscitant

opaque

nondescript

narrow

mutilated

juiceless

insensitive

insensible

inactive

imbecilic

humdrum

ho-hum

dreary

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