'obtuse' definitions:
Definition of 'obtuse'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees [ant: acute]
adjective
(of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex
adjective
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: obtuse, purblind]
adjective
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, obtuse, slow]
Synonyms of 'obtuse'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abrupt,
- affectless,
- anesthetized,
- arctic,
- asleep,
- autistic,
- benumbed,
- bluff,
- blunt,
- blunt-edged,
- blunt-ended,
- blunt-pointed,
- blunt-witted,
- blunted,
- bluntish,
- boneheaded,
- callous,
- catatonic,
- chill,
- chilly,
- cloddish,
- cold,
- cold as charity,
- cold-blooded,
- coldhearted,
- cool,
- dead,
- deadened,
- dense,
- dim,
- dim-witted,
- dispassionate,
- doltish,
- dopey,
- drugged,
- dull,
- dull of mind,
- dull-edged,
- dull-headed,
- dull-pated,
- dull-pointed,
- dull-witted,
- dulled,
- dullish,
- edgeless,
- emotionally dead,
- emotionless,
- faired,
- fat-witted,
- frigid,
- frosted,
- frosty,
- frozen,
- gross-headed,
- heartless,
- heavy,
- hebetudinous,
- icy,
- immovable,
- impassible,
- impassive,
- imperceptive,
- impercipient,
- inexcitable,
- insensate,
- insensible,
- insensitive,
- insentient,
- insusceptible,
- loutish,
- lumpish,
- mentally retarded,
- nonemotional,
- numb,
- numbed,
- oafish,
- obdurate,
- objective,
- out of touch,
- passionless,
- pointless,
- rounded,
- self-absorbed,
- simple,
- slow,
- slow-witted,
- sluggish,
- smoothed,
- soulless,
- spiritless,
- stolid,
- thick,
- thick-brained,
- thick-headed,
- thick-pated,
- thick-skinned,
- thick-witted,
- thickheaded,
- thickskulled,
- unaffectionate,
- unedged,
- unemotional,
- unfeeling,
- unfelt,
- unimpassioned,
- unimpressionable,
- unloving,
- unpassionate,
- unperceptive,
- unpointed,
- unresponding,
- unresponsive,
- unsharp,
- unsharpened,
- unsusceptible,
- unsympathetic,
- untouchable,
- wooden