Advertisement

Advertisement

View definitions for obtuse

obtuse

adjective as in slow to understand

adjective as in blunt, not sharp

Weak matches

Advertisement

Discover More

Example Sentences

The gaming-related features of a TV are, surprisingly, slightly less obtuse.

If the domestic workload happened to fit into the rough equivalent of the hours your partner spends at paid work, then I suppose it would make a kind of obtuse, bean-counting sense that you do “all” house and kid stuff.

It revealed the obtuse toxicity of privilege, how desperation morphs into resignation for the marginalized, and how everyone’s personal journey is monumental, no matter how small it might seem to the outside world.

One that represented what the Games are supposed to be about and validated my foolish decision to spend every hour outside of work watching the often obtuse and ignorant coverage of events.

Devi’s relationship with Ben encourages her to extend empathy toward those she has written off, while Paxton’s often obtuse behavior teaches her to stand up for what she deserves.

Or at least not obtuse about The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.

Bennett has a point, but, in a perilously obtuse way, he's also missing the point.

Stupples plays Pete as an absurdly obtuse man-child who reads as David Brent without the mean streak.

That fact makes it shockingly obtuse of Hyundai to make mockery of the act in an ad for its new ix35.

"He is not entirely obtuse about what the relationship really is," Miller said.

No trail was so obtuse, no thicket so dense that members of that regiment would not track them to their lair.

Either Mrs. Morgan was obtuse or ignorant, for she gave no response for some time to Mary's stream of words.

Much as Jethro had blundered, and obtuse as he was in many things, he understood what had taken place.

The second Swastika has its ends bent at an obtuse angle to the left, and at the extremities the lines taper to a point.

Directly across from them at a table which formed a wide obtuse angle with theirs were four girls.

Synonym of the day

Which one is a synonym for humble?Get the answer

Start each day with the Synonym of the Day in your inbox!

By clicking "Sign Up", you are accepting Dictionary.com Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policies.

On this page you'll find 58 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to obtuse, such as: dense, dopey, dull, dumb, imperceptive, and insensitive.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement