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OBTUSE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
 
dull, blunt, obtuse mean not sharp, keen, or acute. dull suggests a lack or loss of keenness, zest, or pungency. 
  
OBTUSE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
 
Obtuse definition: not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.. See examples of OBTUSE used in a sentence. 
  
OBTUSE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
 
He has been obtuse, difficult, totally irrational and unreasonable to the detriment of the whole of his country. 
  
OBTUSE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
 
Someone who is obtuse has difficulty understanding things, or makes no effort to understand them. 
  
Obtuse - definition of obtuse by The Free Dictionary
 
1. not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; insensitive; dull. 2. not sharp, acute, or pointed; blunt. 3. (of a leaf, petal, etc.) rounded at the extremity. 4. indistinctly felt or perceived, as pain or sound. ob•tuse′ness, n. 
  
obtuse - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
 
obtuse (comparative obtuser or more obtuse, superlative obtusest or most obtuse) (now chiefly botany, zoology) Blunt; not sharp, pointed, or acute in form. quotations 
  
obtuse adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes ...
 
Definition of obtuse adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. 
  
obtuse, adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
 
There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective obtuse, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. 
  
Obtuse - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com
 
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. 
  
OBTUSE Synonyms: 193 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster
 
The words blunt and dull are common synonyms of obtuse. While all three words mean "not sharp, keen, or acute," obtuse implies such bluntness as makes one insensitive in perception or imagination. 
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