OBTUSE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • slow to learn or understand
   • lacking intellectual acuity
   
   Synonym(s)
   • dense (what does dense mean?)
   • dim (what does dim mean?)
   • dull (what does dull mean?)
   • dumb (what does dumb mean?)
   • slow (what does slow mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   
   Similar To
   • stupid (what does stupid mean?)
2. Meaning
   • lacking in insight or discernment
   
   Synonym(s)
   • purblind (what does purblind mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   
   Similar To
   • undiscerning (what does undiscerning mean?)
3. Meaning
   • of an angle
   • between 90 and 180 degrees
   
   Antonym(s)
   • acute (what does acute mean?)
4. Meaning
   • of a leaf shape
   • rounded at the apex
   
   Similar To
   • simple (what does simple mean?)
   • unsubdivided (what does unsubdivided mean?)