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1. zeki olmayan; duygusuz; .
2. (geom.) geniş; .
3. boğuk (ses) .
4. obtuse angle geniş açı.
5. obtusely (zarf) duygusuzca.
6. obtuseness (isim) duygusuzluk.
7. kalın kafalı.
8. geom. geniş. aptal, kalin kafali; (açi) genis. aptal. aptal. s.
9. geom. geniş.
10. Kör, hissiz;.
11. Aptal, duygusuz;.
12. Boğuk (ses);.
13. Künt. geniş, kesmez, kör, kalın kafalı, salak, duygusuz.
14. geniş; zeki olmayan; küt/geniş/ahmak, obtusely duygusuzca, boğuk obtuse angle geniş açı, obtuseness duygusuzluk; duygusuz.
15. aptal. kalın kafalı. (açı) geniş. (ses) boğuk. kalin kafali. (açi) genis.
16. küt. kalın kafa. yayvan.
17. aptal.

Etymology : Middle English, from Latin obtusus blunt, dull, from past participle of obtundere to beat against, blunt, from ob- against + tundere to beat; more at OB-, CONTUSION
Pronunciation : äb-'tüs, &b-, -'
Function : adjective
Date : 15th century

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1. slow, foolish, stupid; blunt; of an angle between 90 and 180 degrees (Geometry); having blunt-tipped leaves (Botany). obtuse\ob*tuse"\ . a. [compar. obtuser ; superl. obtusest.] [l. obtusus, p. p. of obtundere to blunt: cf. f. obtus. see: obtund.].
2. not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees.
3. not having acute sensibility or perceptions; dull; stupid; as, obtuse senses.
4. dull; deadened; as, obtuse sound. [obtuse adj.
5. of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees [ant: acute].
6. of a leaf shape; rounded at the apex.
7. 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 [syn: purblind].
8. 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" [syn: dense, dim, dull, dumb, slow].
9. Not pointed or acute; blunt; applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees.
10. Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; dull; stupid; as, obtuse senses.
11. Dull; deadened; as, obtuse sound. 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 of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees of a leaf shape; rounded at the apex.
12. 1. Someone who is obtuse has difficulty understanding things, or makes no effort to understand them. I've really been very obtuse and stupid + obtuseness ob·tuse·ness Naivety bordering on obtuseness helped sustain his faith.
13. An obtuse angle is between 90° and 180°. Compare acute angle. slow to understand things, in a way that is annoying (obtusus , from obtundere ).