obtuse
14
7.4
- adjective
- /əbˈtus/
- Offensive
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obtuso
- The logic of actors and agents can seem a bit obtuse, but they had their reasons.
- morally obtuse
- seem obtuse
Deliberately obtuse when you type it in.
- Deliberately obtuse when you type it in.
- Or would there be something morally obtuse if you didn't rush to save your child?
- And they had like, some obtuse excuses.
- You know, a lot of, like, a lot of obtuse ideas out there.
- I mean, either the government there are being intentionally obtuse or that's what they mean.
- As an example, and this may seem somewhat obtuse, but let's say you're on a diet.
- But given that the Wi-Fi chipset in this thing supports Bluetooth anyway, it just feels unnecessarily obtuse.
- Are they playing as an obtuse person and they're not obtuse?
Examples
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As an example, and this may seem somewhat obtuse, but let's say you're on a diet.
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How can you be so obtuse?
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I just felt very obtuse, you know, what was going on there.
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And you are as obtuse as I remember.
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Are you being obtuse on purpose?
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So as not to seem too obtuse, here is the background.
Academic text (1995) -
Or maybe they had signaled an answer, and we were too obtuse to decipher it.
Fiction book (1997) -
Every time I come up with a clever rejoinder, she's too obtuse to notice.
Fiction book (1997) -
President Truman was almost willfully obtuse regarding American communism.
Academic text (1997) -
Some students thought he was being obtuse during the discussion about the book.
Synonyms
945
3.2
Not able to understand or learn things quickly
297
4.4
Not quick to learn or understand things
138
8.1
Not smart or quick to understand
28
6.5
Slow to understand and not quick to learn
24
6.8
Slow to understand what others explain
19
2.8
Slow to notice or react to things
16
7.1
Not very intelligent and too naive about complex things
8
3.3
Not smart or slow to understand
8
8.0
Very stupid and not thinking clearly
6
5.6
Not quick to understand or learn
6
5.3
Not very smart and slow to understand things
4
7.9
Slow to understand simple ideas or instructions
3
6.7
Not quick to understand or think
1
9.3
Not very smart and acting in a foolish way
1
8.1
Not quick to understand or learn new things
1
8.8
Not very smart or sensible
1
9.9
Slow to understand things and often acting foolishly
1
9.1
Confused and unable to think clearly
1
9.9
Not thinking clearly and often acting in a silly way
1
9.9
A person who is not very quick to understand things
A person who is slow to understand and easily fooled
Showing little intelligence and only simple ideas
Slow to notice or understand obvious facts
Slow to understand things and often acting foolishly
Slow to understand or learn things
A person who is not smart and is slow to understand things
Not good at noticing or understanding things
Antonyms
Compounds
How Sharp
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word obtuse comes from the old Latin word obtusus, 'blunt', and that idea of 'not sharp' moved to the mind; calling someone obtuse means they are slow to notice or understand, the opposite of a quick or acute thinker.