Definition of obtuse

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Obtuse (superl.) Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; dull; stupid; as, obtuse senses..

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Obtuse-angular :: obtuse-angular (a.) Having an obtuse angle; as, an obtuse-angled triangle..
Tuberosity :: Tuberosity (n.) An obtuse or knoblike prominence; a protuberance.
Acute :: Acute (a.) Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; -- opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf..
Obtusity :: Obtusity (n.) Obtuseness.
Obtuse-angled :: Obtuse-angled (a.) Alt. of obtuse-angula.
Dullness :: Dullness (n.) The state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness; drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster; want of vividness, or of brightness..
Groin :: Groin (n.) The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults, growing more obtuse as it approaches the summit..
Pointless :: Pointless (a.) Having no point; blunt; wanting keenness; obtuse; as, a pointless sword; a pointless remark..
Obtuse :: Obtuse (superl.) Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees..
Undulated :: Undulated (a.) Waved obtusely up and down, near the margin, as a leaf or corolla; wavy..
Impenetrability :: Impenetrability (n.) Insusceptibility of intellectual or emotional impression; obtuseness; stupidity; coldness.
Retund :: Retund (v. t.) To blunt; to turn, as an edge; figuratively, to cause to be obtuse or dull; as, to retund confidence..
Heel :: Heel (n.) The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter. In the United States, specif., the obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping..
Dim :: Dim (superl.) Of obscure vision; not seeing clearly; hence, dull of apprehension; of weak perception; obtuse..
Bluntness :: Bluntness (n.) Want of edge or point; dullness; obtuseness; want of sharpness.
Hebetate :: Hebetate (v. t.) To render obtuse; to dull; to blunt; to stupefy; as, to hebetate the intellectual faculties..
Stubbed :: Stubbed (a.) Reduced to a stub; short and thick, like something truncated; blunt; obtuse..
Rhomb :: Rhomb (n.) An equilateral parallelogram, or quadrilateral figure whose sides are equal and the opposite sides parallel. The angles may be unequal, two being obtuse and two acute, as in the cut, or the angles may be equal, in which case it is usually called a square..
Hebetate :: Hebetate (a.) Obtuse; dull.
Liroconite :: Liroconite (n.) A hydrated arseniate of copper, occurring in obtuse pyramidal crystals of a sky-blue or verdigris-green color..
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