Word Meanings - OBTUSE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees. 2. Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; dull; stupid; as, obtuse senses. Milton. 3. Dull; deadened; as, obtuse

Additional info about word: OBTUSE

1. Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees. 2. Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; dull; stupid; as, obtuse senses. Milton. 3. Dull; deadened; as, obtuse sound. Johnson.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of OBTUSE)

• Blunt
• Dull
• obtuse
• pointless
• edgeless
• insensitive
• bluff
• coarse
• impolite
• plain-mannered
• uncivil
• rude
• Stolid
• Stupid
• dull
• heavy
• senseless
• mindless
• doltish
• foolish
• unintelligent
• stolid
• besotted
• insensate
• prosy
• addlepated
• dull witted

Related words: (words related to OBTUSE)

• BLUFF-HEADED
  Built with the stem nearly straight up and down.
• BESOTTINGLY
  In a besotting manner.
• COARSE
  was anciently written course, or cours, it may be an abbreviation of of course, in the common manner of proceeding, common, and hence, homely, made for common domestic use, plain, rude, rough, gross, e. 1. Large in bulk, or composed of large parts
• OBTUSE
  1. Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees. 2. Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; dull; stupid; as, obtuse senses. Milton. 3. Dull; deadened; as, obtuse
• WITTS
  Tin ore freed from earthy matter by stamping. Knight.
• UNCIVILIZATION
  The state of being uncivilized; savagery or barbarism.
• EDGELESS
  Without an edge; not sharp; blunt; obtuse; as, an edgeless sword or weapon.
• BLUFFNESS
  The quality or state of being bluff.
• BESOTTED
  Made sottish, senseless, or infatuated; characterized by drunken stupidity, or by infatuation; stupefied. "Besotted devotion." Sir W. Scott. -- Be*sot"ted*ly, adv. -- Be*sot"ted*ness, n. Milton.
• POINTLESSLY
  Without point.
• BLUNTISH
  Somewhat blunt. -- Blunt"ish*ness, n.
• STOLIDNESS
  See STOLIDITY
• WITTED
  Having a wit or understanding; as, a quick-witted boy.
• UNCIVILTY
  In an uncivil manner.
• BLUFFY
  1. Having bluffs, or bold, steep banks. 2. Inclined to bo bluff; brusque.
• COARSELY
  In a coarse manner; roughly; rudely; inelegantly; uncivilly; meanly.
• UNCIVILITY
  Incivility.
• WITTY
  1. Possessed of wit; knowing; wise; skillful; judicious; clever; cunning. "The deep-revolving witty Buckingham." Shak. 2. Especially, possessing wit or humor; good at repartee; droll; facetious; sometimes, sarcastic; as, a witty remark, poem,
• WITTINESS
  The quality of being witty.
• BLUNTLY
  In a blunt manner; coarsely; plainly; abruptly; without delicacy, or the usual forms of civility. Sometimes after bluntly giving his opinions, he would quietly lay himself asleep until the end of their deliberations. Jeffrey.
• DISWITTED
  Deprived of wits or understanding; distracted. Drayton.
• TWITTERING
  1. The act of one who, or that which, twitters. 2. A slight nervous excitement or agitation, such as is caused by desire, expectation, or suspense. A widow, who had a twittering towards a second husband, took a gossiping companion to manage the
• SODDEN-WITTED
  Heavy; dull. Shak.
• LEPROSY
  A cutaneous disease which first appears as blebs or as reddish, shining, slightly prominent spots, with spreading edges. These are often followed by an eruption of dark or yellowish prominent nodules, frequently producing great deformity. In one
• UNWITTING
  Not knowing; unconscious; ignorant. -- Un*wit"ting*ly, adv.
• HALF-WITTED
  Weak in intellect; silly.