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The Meaning of obtuse
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(superl.) Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees.
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(superl.) Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; dull; stupid; as, obtuse senses.
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(superl.) Dull; deadened; as, obtuse sound.
Synonyms
purblind
,
dense
,
dim
,
dull
,
dumb
,
slow
Antonyms
acute
Rhymes
abstruse
,
abuse
,
asmus
,
boose
,
bruce
,
caboose
,
chartreuse
,
cheuse
,
coos
,
cruce
,
cuisse
,
damoose
,
deduce
,
derousse
,
deuce
,
deuss
,
diffuse
,
disabuse
,
disuse
,
doose
,
douce
,
druce
,
duce
,
ekeus
,
excuse
,
footloose
,
goose
,
hoose
,
induce
,
introduce
,
juice
,
labouisse
,
lajous
,
loose
,
luce
,
misuse
,
moose
,
mousse
,
noose
,
nous
,
overproduce
,
prepuce
,
preuss
,
produce
,
profuse
,
recluse
,
reduce
,
reintroduce
,
reproduce
,
reuse
,
ruess
,
seduce
,
seuss
,
sluice
,
spruce
,
truce
,
tyus
,
use
,
vanhoose
,
yous
,
zeus