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 -
angled 118 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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