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obtuse 音標拼音: [ɑbt'us] a. 鈍的,不尖的,圓頭的 鈍的,不尖的,圓頭的 obtuse adj 1: of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees [ ant: { acute}] 2: ( of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex 3: 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 [ synonym: { obtuse}, { purblind}] 4: 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" [ synonym: { dense}, { dim}, { dull}, { dumb}, { obtuse}, { slow}] Obtuse \ Ob* tuse"\ a. [ Compar. { Obtuser}; superl. { Obtusest}.] [ L. obtusus, p. p. of obtundere to blunt: cf. F. obtus. See { Obtund}.] 1. Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; not alert, especially to the feelings of others; dull; stupid; as, obtuse senses. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Dull; deadened; as, obtuse sound. -- Johnson. [ 1913 Webster] Obtuse- angled118 Moby Thesaurus words for " obtuse": abrupt, affectless, anesthetized, arctic, asleep, autistic, benumbed, bluff, blunt, blunt- edged, blunt- ended, blunt- pointed, blunt- witted, blunted, bluntish, boneheaded, callous, catatonic, chill, chilly, cloddish, cold, cold as charity, cold- blooded, coldhearted, cool, dead, deadened, dense, dim, dim- witted, dispassionate, doltish, dopey, drugged, dull, dull of mind, dull- edged, dull- headed, dull- pated, dull- pointed, dull- witted, dulled, dullish, edgeless, emotionally dead, emotionless, faired, fat- witted, frigid, frosted, frosty, frozen, gross- headed, heartless, heavy, hebetudinous, icy, immovable, impassible, impassive, imperceptive, impercipient, inexcitable, insensate, insensible, insensitive, insentient, insusceptible, loutish, lumpish, mentally retarded, nonemotional, numb, numbed, oafish, obdurate, objective, out of touch, passionless, pointless, rounded, self- absorbed, simple, slow, slow- witted, sluggish, smoothed, soulless, spiritless, stolid, thick, thick- brained, thick- headed, thick- pated, thick- skinned, thick- witted, thickheaded, thickskulled, unaffectionate, unedged, unemotional, unfeeling, unfelt, unimpassioned, unimpressionable, unloving, unpassionate, unperceptive, unpointed, unresponding, unresponsive, unsharp, unsharpened, unsusceptible, unsympathetic, untouchable, wooden
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