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- Dictionaryobtuse/əbˈtjuːs/
adjective
- 1. annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand: "he wondered if the doctor was being deliberately obtuse"
- 2. (of an angle) more than 90° and less than 180°: "an obtuse angle of 150°"
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OBTUSE definition: 1. (of an angle) more than 90° and less than 180° 2. stupid and slow to understand, or unwilling to…. Learn more.
1. a. : not pointed or acute : blunt. b (1) of an angle : exceeding 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees. (2) : having an obtuse angle. an obtuse triangle. see triangle illustration. c. of a leaf : rounded at the free end. 2. a. : lacking sharpness or quickness of sensibility or intellect : insensitive, stupid. He is too obtuse to take a hint.
OBTUSE meaning: 1. (of an angle) more than 90° and less than 180° 2. stupid and slow to understand, or unwilling to…. Learn more.
Obtuse definition: not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.. See examples of OBTUSE used in a sentence.
Someone who is obtuse has difficulty understanding things, or makes no effort to understand them.
The adjective obtuse literally means "rounded" or "blunt," but when it's used for a person, it means "not quick or alert in perception" — in other words, not the sharpest tool in the shed. It's not just for dull people, but also dull angles: in geometry, an obtuse angle is one that is not so sharp (between 90 and 180 degrees).
1. a. Lacking quickness of perception or intellect. b. Characterized by a lack of intelligence or sensitivity: an obtuse remark. c. Not distinctly felt: an obtuse pain. 2. a. Not sharp, pointed, or acute in form; blunt. b. Having an obtuse angle: an obtuse triangle. c. Botany Having a blunt or rounded tip: an obtuse leaf.
adjective. /əbˈtjuːs/ /əbˈtuːs/ (formal, disapproving) slow or unwilling to understand something. Are you being deliberately obtuse? Perhaps I’m being obtuse, but what has all this got to do with me? He was either completely ignorant or being wilfully obtuse. She was the most obtuse person I’d ever met. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
Jun 2, 2024 · obtuse ( comparative obtuser or more obtuse, superlative obtusest or most obtuse) (now chiefly botany, zoology) Blunt; not sharp, pointed, or acute in form. ( botany, zoology) Blunt, or rounded at the extremity.
Obtuse Definition. ŏb-to͝os, -tyo͝os, əb- obtusest, obtuser. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Word Forms. Origin. Adjective. Filter. adjective. obtuser, obtusest. Lacking quickness of perception or intellect. American Heritage. Characterized by a lack of intelligence or sensitivity. An obtuse remark. American Heritage.
