Obtuse

[Ob*tuse·]

The adjective obtuse is good for describing someone slow on the uptake: "Don't be so obtuse: get with the program!"

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Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees.

Adjective S.
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 mak

Adjective S.
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

Adjective
of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees

Adjective S.
of a leaf shape; rounded at the apex

superl.
Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees.

superl.
Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; dull; stupid; as, obtuse senses.

superl.
Dull; deadened; as, obtuse sound.

Obtuse

Ob*tuse" . a. [Compar. Obtuser ; superl. Obtusest.] [L. obtusus, p.p. of obtundere to blunt: cf. F. obtus. See Obtund.] 1. Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees. 2. Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; dull; stupid; as, obtuse senses. Milton. 3. Dull; deadened; as, obtuse sound. Johnson.

Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees.

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Usage Examples

I think when kids just see well-crafted poetry, it's just obtuse to them. It's hard to relate to.

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