Words Like OBTUSE

We have put together a list of words that are similar to OBTUSE.

9 Alternative Words Similar to obtuse

1 Dense Adjective      Synonym Words Like Dense
2 Dim Adjective      Synonym Words Like Dim
3 Dull Adjective      Synonym Words Like Dull
4 Dumb Adjective      Synonym Words Like Dumb
5 Slow Adjective      Synonym Words Like Slow
6 Simple Adjective      Similar Words Like Simple
7 Stupid Adjective      Similar Words Like Stupid
8 Blunt Adjective      Synonym Words Like Blunt
9 Deadened Adjective      Synonym Words Like Deadened

8 examples of obtuse

1 obtuse senses
2 obtuse sound
3 never met anyone quite so dim
4 he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse
5 dumb officials make some really dumb decisions
6 worked with the slow students
7 although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick
8 a purblind oligarchy that flatly refused to see that history was condemning it to the dustbin

10 definitions of obtuse

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; not alert, especially to the feelings of others; dull; stupid.
3 Dull; deadened.
4 slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
5 lacking in insight or discernment
6 (of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex
7 of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees
8 Lacking quickness of perception or intellect.
9 Characterized by a lack of intelligence or sensitivity: an obtuse remark.
10 Not distinctly felt: an obtuse pain.
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