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obtuse |
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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