2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obtuse \Ob*tuse"\ a. [Compar. {Obtuser}; superl. {Obtusest}.]
[L. obtusus p. p. of obtundere to blunt: cf F. obtus. See
{Obtund}.]
1. Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles
greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety
degrees.
2. Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; dull; stupid;
as obtuse senses --Milton.
3. Dull; deadened; as obtuse sound. --Johnson.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
obtuse
adj 1: of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees [ant: {acute}]
2: of a leaf shape; rounded at the apex
3: 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 [syn: {purblind}]
4: 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"
[syn: {dense}, {dim}, {dull}, {dumb}, {slow}]
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