Obtuse

[adj] 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"
[adj] 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
[adj] of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees
[adj] of a leaf shape; rounded at the apex

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Synonyms

dense, dim, dull, dumb, purblind, simple, slow, stupid, undiscerning, unsubdivided

Antonyms

acute

Related Terms

abrupt, affectless, anesthetized, arctic, asleep, autistic, benumbed, bluff, blunt, blunted, blunt-edged, blunt-ended, bluntish, blunt-pointed, blunt-witted, boneheaded, callous, catatonic, chill, chilly, cloddish, cold, cold as charity, cold-blooded, col