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obtuse
[ uhb-toos, -tyoos ]
adjective
- not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.
Synonyms: unobservant, dim, slow, boorish, gauche, imperceptive, blind, insensitive, tactless, unfeeling
- 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
/ əbˈtjuːs /
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
Derived Forms
- obˈtusely, adverb
- obˈtuseness, noun
Other Words From
- ob·tuse·ly adverb
- ob·tuse·ness noun
- sub·ob·tuse adjective
- sub·ob·tuse·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of obtuse1
Example Sentences
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.
While it would be obtuse to directly correlate the public turning against Gaga with the rise of American fascism, I don’t think it’s unfair to say that the two have no relation at all.
Lynch’s works — his films, paintings and drawings, his groundbreaking television show or even his advertising spots — are famously obtuse.
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