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obtuse
Overview of adj obtuse
The adj obtuse has 4 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. obtuse -- (of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees)
2. obtuse -- (of a leaf shape; rounded at the apex)
3. obtuse, purblind -- (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)
4. dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow -- (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")
Grep of noun obtuse
obtuse-angled triangle
obtuse angle
obtuse leaf
obtuse triangle
obtuseness
Antonyms of adj obtuse
4 senses of obtuse
Sense 1
obtuse (vs. acute)
acute (vs. obtuse)
Sense 2
obtuse
INDIRECT (VIA simple) -> compound
Sense 3
obtuse, purblind
INDIRECT (VIA undiscerning) -> discerning
Sense 4
dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow
INDIRECT (VIA stupid) -> smart
Similarity of adj obtuse
4 senses of obtuse
Sense 1
obtuse (vs. acute)
Sense 2
obtuse
=> simple (vs. compound), unsubdivided
Sense 3
obtuse, purblind
=> undiscerning (vs. discerning)
Sense 4
dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow
=> stupid (vs. smart)
Pertainyms of adj obtuse
Attributes of adj obtuse
Domain of adj obtuse
Domain Terms of adj obtuse
Familiarity of adj obtuse
obtuse used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Grep of adj obtuse
obtuse
Grep of adv obtuse
obtusely
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