ob·tuse [uhb-toos, -tyoos] (previously 07-09-13)
adjective
1. not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.
2. not sharp, acute, or pointed; blunt in form.
3. (of a leaf, petal, etc.) rounded at the extremity.
4. indistinctly felt or perceived, as pain or sound.
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH OBTUSE
abstruse
OTHER WORDS FROM OBTUSE
ob·tuse·ly, adverb
ob·tuse·ness, noun
sub·ob·tuse, adjective
sub·ob·tuse·ly, adverb
WORDS RELATED TO OBTUSE
dense, dopey, dull, dumb, insensitive, opaque, stolid, thick, unintelligent, uncomprehending, imperceptive, round, rounded
SYNONYMS FOR OBTUSE
See synonyms for: obtuse / obtusely / obtuseness on Thesaurus.com
1. unfeeling, tactless, insensitive; blind, imperceptive, unobservant; gauche, boorish; slow, dim.
Origin: 1500–10; < Latin obtūsus dulled (past participle of obtundere), equivalent to ob-ob- + tūd-, variant stem of tundere to beat + -tus past participle suffix, with dt > s
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB FOR OBTUSE
Or at least not obtuse about The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.
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Bennett has a point, but, in a perilously obtuse way, he's also missing the point.
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Stupples plays Pete as an absurdly obtuse man-child who reads as David Brent without the mean streak.
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That fact makes it shockingly obtuse of Hyundai to make mockery of the act in an ad for its new ix35.
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