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1. (adj.) obtuse
not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; insensitive; dull.
2. obtuse
not sharp, acute, or pointed; blunt.
3. obtuse
(of a leaf, petal, etc.) rounded at the extremity.
4. obtuse
indistinctly felt or perceived, as pain or sound.
Etymology: (1500–10; < L obtūsus blunt; see obtund)
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| Definition of 'obtuse' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) obtuse
of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees
2. (adj) obtuse
(of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex
3. (adj) obtuse, 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
4. (adj) dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, 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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Webster Dictionary |
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1. obtuse
not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees
2. obtuse
not having acute sensibility or perceptions; dull; stupid; as, obtuse senses
3. obtuse
dull; deadened; as, obtuse sound
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Sense: (of an angle) greater than a right-angle.
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 Afrikaans: stomp, stoets |
 Arabic: مُنْفَرِج الزاويَه |
 Bulgarian: тъп ъгъл |
 Brazilian: obtuso |
 Czech: tupý |
 German: stumpf |
 Danish: stump |
 Greek: αμβλύς (για γωνία) |
 Spanish: obtuso |
 Estonian: nürinurkne |
 Farsi: منفرجه؛ باز |
 Finnish: tylppäkulmainen |
 French: obtus |
 Hebrew: זָווִית קֵהָה |
 Hindi: अधिक |
 Croatian: tup |
 Hungarian: tompa |
 Indonesian: tumpul |
 Icelandic: sljór |
 Italian: ottuso |
 Japanese: 鈍角の |
 Korean: 둔각의 |
 Lithuanian: bukas |
 Latvian: plats (leņķis) |
 Malay: cakah |
 Dutch: stomp |
 Norwegian: stump (vinkel) |
 Polish: rozwarty |
 Persian: منفرجه؛ باز |
 Pashto: تر نوى درجى زياته |
 Portuguese: obtuso |
 Romanian: obtuz |
 Russian: тупой |
 Slovak: tupý |
 Slovenian: top |
 Serbian: tup ugao |
 Swedish: trubbig |
 Thai: ซึ่งเป็นมุมป้าน |
 Turkish: geniş açı |
 Taiwanese: 鈍角的，圓頭的 |
 Ukrainian: тупий |
 Urdu: زاويۂ قائمہ يا منفرجہ سے |
 Vietnamese: tù (góc) |
 Chinese: 钝角的，圆头的 |
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