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obtuse |
Grep of noun obtuse obtuse-angled triangle obtuse angle obtuse leaf obtuse triangle obtuseness Overview of adj obtuse The adj obtuse has 4 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. obtuse -- (of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees) 2. obtuse -- (of a leaf shape; rounded at the apex) 3. 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. 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") Antonyms of adj obtuse 4 senses of obtuse Sense 1 obtuse (vs. acute) acute (vs. obtuse) Sense 2 obtuse INDIRECT (VIA simple) -> compound Sense 3 obtuse, purblind INDIRECT (VIA undiscerning) -> discerning Sense 4 dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow INDIRECT (VIA stupid) -> smart Similarity of adj obtuse 4 senses of obtuse Sense 1 obtuse (vs. acute) Sense 2 obtuse => simple (vs. compound), unsubdivided Sense 3 obtuse, purblind => undiscerning (vs. discerning) Sense 4 dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow => stupid (vs. smart) Attributes of adj obtuse Familiarity of adj obtuse obtuse used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Grep of adj obtuse obtuse Overview of adj obtuse The adj obtuse has 4 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. obtuse -- (of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees) 2. obtuse -- (of a leaf shape; rounded at the apex) 3. 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. 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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