obtuse : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: obtuse	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for obtuse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obtuse adj of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees Antonym(s): acute (of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex 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 Synonym(s): obtuse, purblind 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" Synonym(s): dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obtuse \Obtuse"\ 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.