obtuse
IPA: ɑbtˈus
verb
- (transitive, obsolete) To dull or reduce an emotion or a physical state.
adjective
- (now chiefly botany, zoology) Blunt; not sharp, pointed, or acute in form.
- (botany, zoology) Blunt, or rounded at the extremity.
- (geometry, specifically, of an angle) Larger than one, and smaller than two right angles, or more than 90° and less than 180°.
- (geometry, by ellipsis) Obtuse-angled, having an obtuse angle.
- Intellectually dull or dim-witted.
- Of sound, etc.: deadened, muffled, muted.
- Indirect or circuitous.
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Examples of "obtuse" in Sentences
- The apex is acuminate and obtuse.
- I must apologize for my obtuseness.
- The apex is obtuse and often eroded.
- The focus of this list is too obtuse.
- The opening is still vague and obtuse.
- THe obtuseness comment is not necessary.
- The naming of this article is so obtuse.
- Indeed it was remarkable in its obtuseness.
- Deliberate obtuseness is the only other explanation.
- It's not a question of obtuseness, but of geographical definition.
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