obtuse

  • (a) of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees
  • (s) (of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex
  • (s) 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
    purblind,
  • (s) 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
    dumb, slow, dense, dim, dull,

Synonyms

purblind dumb slow dense dim dull

Antonyms

acute

Words of close approximity

obtund
obtuse angle obtuse-angled triangle obtuse leaf obtusely obtuseness obtuse triangle