Obtuse

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Lacking quickness of perception or intellect.
  • adj. Characterized by a lack of intelligence or sensitivity: an obtuse remark.
  • adj. Not distinctly felt: an obtuse pain.
  • adj. Not sharp, pointed, or acute in form; blunt.
  • adj. Having an obtuse angle: an obtuse triangle.
  • adj. Botany. Having a blunt or rounded tip: an obtuse leaf.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Blunt; not sharp.
  • adj. Intellectually dull or dim-witted.
  • adj. Indirect or circuitous.
  • adj. Of sound: deadened or muffled.
  • adj. Of an angle: greater than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees.
  • adj. Of a triangle: with one obtuse angle.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees.
  • adj. Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; not alert, especially to the feelings of others; dull; stupid.
  • adj. Dull; deadened.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Blunt; not acute or pointed: applied to an angle, it denotes one that is larger than a right angle, or of more than 90°. See cuts under angle.
  • In botany, blunt, or rounded at the extremity: as, an obtuse leaf, sepal, or petal.
  • Dull; lacking in acuteness of sensibility: stupid: as, he is very obtuse; his perceptions are obtuse.
  • Not shrill; obscure; dull: as, an obtuse sound.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
  • adj. lacking in insight or discernment
  • adj. (of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex
  • adj. of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees
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    blunt    dull    stupid    deadened   
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