Etymology: [ äb-'tüs, &b-, -' ] (adjective.) 15th century. From Latin obtusus, past participle of obtundere (“to strike at or upon, beat, blunt, dull”) ob (“upon”) + tundere (“to strike”).
Indirect or circuitous, Blunt; not sharp, Of sound: deadened or muffled, Intellectually dull or dim-witted, Of an angle: greater than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees, Of a triangle: with one obtuse angle, to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees, Not pointed or acute; blunt; applied esp, slow, foolish, stupid; blunt; of an angle between 90 and 180 degrees (Geometry); having blunt-tipped leaves (Botany), adj lacking acuity of sensibility or perceptions : having neither delicate feelings nor alert awareness, Dull; deadened; as, obtuse sound, Blunt-pointed, terminated by a rounded end, Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; dull; stupid; as, obtuse senses, Blunt, Rounded or blunt, Blunt or rounded at the end, 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, of a leaf shape; rounded at the apex, Someone who is obtuse has difficulty understanding things, or makes no effort to understand them. I've really been very obtuse and stupid + obtuseness ob·tuse·ness Naivety bordering on obtuseness helped sustain his faith, An obtuse angle is between 90° and 180°. Compare acute angle. slow to understand things, in a way that is annoying (obtusus , from obtundere ), of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees, A term used to describe a rounded tip or blunt tipped artifact, 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", Rounded, approaching semi-circular, angle greater than 90 degrees -- " an angle greater than 90° is called obtuse " (245), Blunt or rounded at the apex See leaf apex drawings, blunt, rounded at the apex, tip broadly rounded so that inner angle of tip greater than 90º (based on Eggli), Pointed with an angle greater than 90o A broad pointed apex or base, A blade tip that is rather blunt, blunt, not acute, usually the end of a leaf, obtusity, In an obtuse manner, in an obtuse manner; foolishly, stupidly; dully, bluntly, Something that is obtuse, State or quality of being obtuse, the quality of lacking a sharp edge or point, the quality of being slow to understand, state of being obtuse; stupidity; dullness; bluntness,
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Indirect or circuitous
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Blunt; not sharp
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Of sound: deadened or muffled
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Intellectually dull or dim-witted
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Of an angle: greater than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees
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Of a triangle: with one obtuse angle
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to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees
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Not pointed or acute; blunt; applied esp
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slow, foolish, stupid; blunt; of an angle between 90 and 180 degrees (Geometry); having blunt-tipped leaves (Botany) sıfat
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adj lacking acuity of sensibility or perceptions : having neither delicate feelings nor alert awareness
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Dull; deadened; as, obtuse sound
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Blunt-pointed, terminated by a rounded end
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Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; dull; stupid; as, obtuse senses
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Blunt
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Rounded or blunt
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Blunt or rounded at the end
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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
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of a leaf shape; rounded at the apex
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Someone who is obtuse has difficulty understanding things, or makes no effort to understand them. I've really been very obtuse and stupid + obtuseness ob·tuse·ness Naivety bordering on obtuseness helped sustain his faith
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An obtuse angle is between 90° and 180°. Compare acute angle. slow to understand things, in a way that is annoying (obtusus , from obtundere )
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of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees
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A term used to describe a rounded tip or blunt tipped artifact
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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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Rounded, approaching semi-circular
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angle greater than 90 degrees -- " an angle greater than 90° is called obtuse " (245)
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Blunt or rounded at the apex See leaf apex drawings
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blunt, rounded at the apex
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tip broadly rounded so that inner angle of tip greater than 90º (based on Eggli)
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Pointed with an angle greater than 90o A broad pointed apex or base
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A blade tip that is rather blunt
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blunt, not acute, usually the end of a leaf
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Obtuseness
obtusity
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obtusely
In an obtuse manner
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obtusely
in an obtuse manner; foolishly, stupidly; dully, bluntly
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obtuseness
Something that is obtuse
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obtuseness
State or quality of being obtuse
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obtuseness
the quality of lacking a sharp edge or point
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obtuseness
the quality of being slow to understand
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obtuseness
state of being obtuse; stupidity; dullness; bluntness isim
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