obtuse

obtuse is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. superlative. Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees.
2. superlative. Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; dull; stupid; as, obtuse senses.
3. superlative. Dull; deadened; as, obtuse sound.
4. adjective. slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity- Thackeray

   "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"

   "never met anyone quite so dim"

   Synonyms: dense, dim, dull, dumb, slow

5. adjective. lacking in insight or discernment- Jasper Griffin

   "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"

   Synonyms: purblind

6. adjective. of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees
7. adjective. (of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex

Synonyms

dense, dim, dull, dumb, slow, purblind

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in obtuse:

buteos

Common word forms

obtuser, obtusely, obtusest, obtuseness

Words from these letters

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