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11obtuse / abstruse — Obtuse means lacking quickness of wit or sensitivity, dull, dense : Brandon is so obtuse he doesn t even know when he is being insulted. Abstruse means too difficult to understand for the average mind : The professor presented an abstruse… …
12obtuse / abstruse — Obtuse means lacking quickness of wit or sensitivity, dull, dense : Brandon is so obtuse he doesn t even know when he is being insulted. Abstruse means too difficult to understand for the average mind : The professor presented an abstruse… …
13obtuse — I adjective asinine, blockish, blunt, blunt witted, callous, dense, doltish, dronish, dull, dull witted, hebes, idiotic, ignorant, imbecilic, imperceptive, impercipient, insensitive, lumpish, moronic, oafish, obtusus, opaque, phlegmatic, retusus …
14obtuse — *dull, blunt Analogous words: insensitive, Unsensible, anesthetic, impassible: stolid, phlegmatic, *impassive Antonyms: acute Contrasted words: *sharp, keen: sensitive, susceptible, open, exposed (see LIABLE) …
15obtuse angle — obtuse′ an′gle n. math. an angle greater than 90° but less than 180° • Etymology: 1560–70 ob•tuse′ an′gled, adj …
16obtuse — ► ADJECTIVE 1) annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand. 2) (of an angle) more than 90° and less than 180°. 3) not sharp pointed or sharp edged; blunt. DERIVATIVES obtusely adverb obtuseness noun. ORIGIN Latin obtusus, from obtundere beat ag …
17obtuse angle — noun an angle between 90 and 180 degrees • Hypernyms: ↑oblique angle * * * obtuse angled, obtuse angular /euhb toohs ang gyeuh leuhr, tyoohs /, adj. an angle greater than 90° but less than 180°. See diag. under angle. [1560 70] * * * obtuse angle …
18obtuse-angled — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective also obtuse angular | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ : having one or more angles that are obtuse * * * obtuseˈ angˈled or obtuseˈ angˈular adjective Having an angle greater than a right angle and less than 180º • • • Main Entry: ↑obtuse …
19obtuse — [[t]əbtju͟ːs, AM tu͟ːs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED Someone who is obtuse has difficulty understanding things, or makes no effort to understand them. [FORMAL] I ve really been very obtuse and stupid... I m a limited and obtuse clergyman while you re the… …
20obtuse — adjective 1 slow to understand things, in a way that is annoying: an obtuse lout of a man | be obtuse (=pretend to not understand something): Is he being deliberately obtuse? 2 obtuse angle technical an angle between 90 and 180 degrees obtusely… …
