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obtuse
[uhb-toos, -tyoos]
adjective
not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.
Synonyms: , , , , , , , , ,not sharp, acute, or pointed; blunt in form.
(of a leaf, petal, etc.) rounded at the extremity.
indistinctly felt or perceived, as pain or sound.
obtuse
/ əˈː /
adjective
mentally slow or emotionally insensitive
maths
(of an angle) lying between 90° and 180°
(of a triangle) having one interior angle greater than 90°
not sharp or pointed
indistinctly felt, heard, etc; dull
obtuse pain
(of a leaf or similar flat part) having a rounded or blunt tip
Other 51Թ Forms
- obtusely adverb
- obtuseness noun
- subobtuse adjective
- subobtusely adverb
- Dzˈٳܲ adverb
- DzˈٳܲԱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of obtuse1
Example Sentences
If the brothers are coy and circumspect about their personal lives, their working relationship is slightly less obtuse.
But “Afterlife” never gets boring, or obtuse, or clinical.
Willfully obtuse, perhaps, but that applies more to bad-faith viewers trying to get their hot takes to go viral.
He has never witnessed half of what he claims, and happily invents facts to support his obtuse and inerudite opinions.
Humanity is in a dire situation, and anyone who doubts where this is going is being deliberately obtuse or lied to.
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