English dictionary
obtuse
adjectivePronunciation
əbˈtjuːs
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
adjective
- lacking in insight or discernment
adjective
- of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees
adjective
- (of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex
Example sentences
so dense he never understands anything I say to him
never met anyone quite so dim
{'source': 'Thackeray', 'text': 'although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick'}
dumb officials make some really dumb decisions
he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse
too obtuse to grasp the implications of his behavior
{'source': 'Jasper Griffin', 'text': 'a purblind oligarchy that flatly refused to see that history was condemning it to the dustbin'}