Associations to the word «Obtuse»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
OBTUSE, adjective. (now chiefly botany) (zoology) Blunt; not sharp.
OBTUSE, adjective. Intellectually dull or dim-witted.
OBTUSE, adjective. Indirect or circuitous.
OBTUSE, adjective. Of sound: deadened or muffled.
OBTUSE, adjective. (geometry) Of an angle: greater than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees.
OBTUSE, adjective. (geometry) Of a triangle: with one obtuse angle.
OBTUSE ANGLE, noun. (mathematics) (geometry) An angle that is greater than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees.
OBTUSE ANGLES, noun. Plural of obtuse angle
OBTUSE TRIANGLE, noun. (geometry) A triangle one of the angles of which is obtuse.
OBTUSE TRIANGLES, noun. Plural of obtuse triangle
Dictionary definition
OBTUSE, adjective. Of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees.
OBTUSE, adjective. (of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex.
OBTUSE, adjective. 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.
OBTUSE, adjective. 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".
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