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obtuse Adjective 1. mentally slow or emotionally insensitive 2. Maths (of an angle) between 90° and 180° 3. not sharp or pointed; blunt [Latin obtusus dulled] obtuseness n
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obtuse adjective stupid, simple, slow, thick, dull, dim, dense, dumb (informal) sluggish, retarded, simple-minded, dozy Brit. (informal) witless, stolid, dopey (informal) moronic, brainless, uncomprehending, cretinous, unintelligent, half-witted, slow on the uptake (informal) braindead (informal) dumb-ass (informal) doltish, dead from the neck up (informal) boneheaded (slang) thickheaded, dull-witted, imperceptive, slow-witted, muttonheaded (slang) thick as mince Scot. (informal) woodenheaded (informal) << OPPOSITE clever Translations adj obtuse [əbˈtjuːs] (of an angle) greater than a right-angle. stomp, stoets مُنْفَرِج الزاويَه тъп ъгъл tupý stump stumpf αμβλύς (για γωνία) obtuso nürinurkne منفرجه؛ باز tylppä obtus זָווִית קֵהָה अधिक tup tompa tumpul sljór ottuso 鈍角の 둔각의 bukas plats (leņķis) cakah stomp stump (vinkel) rozwarty obtuso obtuz тупой tupý top tup ugao trubbig ซึ่งเป็นมุมป้าน geniş açı 鈍角的,圓頭的 тупий زاويۂ قائمہ يا منفرجہ سے بڑا زاويہ tù (góc) 钝角的,圆头的 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| We do well to worship God in His works; and I know none of them in which so many of His attributes--so much of His own spirit shines, as in this His faithful servant; whom to know and not to appreciate, were obtuse insensibility in me, who have so little else to occupy my heart. I was now seeing David once at least every week, his mother, who remained culpably obtuse to my sinister design, having instructed Irene that I was to be allowed to share him with her, and we had become close friends, though the little nurse was ever a threatening shadow in the background. I may be very obtuse, Holmes, but I fail to see what this suggests. |
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