obtuse

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Of sound: deadened or muffled
Indirect or circuitous
Of an angle: greater than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees
Intellectually dull or dim-witted
Blunt; not sharp
Of a triangle: with one obtuse angle
{a} not pointed, blunt, dull, flat, heavy
of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees
An obtuse angle is between 90° and 180°. Compare acute angle. slow to understand things, in a way that is annoying (obtusus , from obtundere )
Rounded or blunt
Blunt-pointed, terminated by a rounded end
{s} slow, foolish, stupid; blunt; of an angle between 90 and 180 degrees (Geometry); having blunt-tipped leaves (Botany)
Dull; deadened; as, obtuse sound
A term used to describe a rounded tip or blunt tipped artifact
to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees
of a leaf shape; rounded at the apex
Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; dull; stupid; as, obtuse senses
adj lacking acuity of sensibility or perceptions : having neither delicate feelings nor alert awareness
Rounded, approaching semi-circular
Not pointed or acute; blunt; applied esp
Blunt or rounded at the end
Blunt
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"
Blunt or rounded at the apex See leaf apex drawings
blunt, rounded at the apex
A blade tip that is rather blunt
blunt, not acute, usually the end of a leaf
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
angle greater than 90 degrees -- " an angle greater than 90° is called obtuse " (245)
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
Pointed with an angle greater than 90o A broad pointed apex or base
tip broadly rounded so that inner angle of tip greater than 90º (based on Eggli)
obtuse angle
An angle that is greater than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees
obtuse angles
plural form of obtuse angle
obtuse triangle
A triangle one of the angles of which is obtuse
obtuse-angled
Of a triangle, having an obtuse angle
obtuse angle
angle that is more than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees
obtuse angle
an angle between 90 and 180 degrees
obtuse angle
n. An angle greater than 90° and less than 180°. an angle between 90 and 180 degrees acute angle
obtuse leaf
having a rounded or blunt tip
obtuse triangle
a triangle that contains an obtuse interior angle
obtuse-angled triangle
triangle which has one angle that is more than 90 degrees
obtusely
{a} without a point, bluntly, dully
obtuseness
{n} bluntness, dulness, heaviness
Obtuseness
obtusity
obtusely
in an obtuse manner; foolishly, stupidly; dully, bluntly
obtusely
In an obtuse manner
obtuseness
the quality of being slow to understand
obtuseness
State or quality of being obtuse
obtuseness
Something that is obtuse
obtuseness
{i} state of being obtuse; stupidity; dullness; bluntness
obtuseness
the quality of lacking a sharp edge or point
obtuse
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