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obtuse

[uhb-toos, -tyoos] / əbˈtus, -ˈtjus /


ADJECTIVE
blunt, not sharp
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Obtuse, self-pitying, domineering, obsessive, hypocritical, opinionated, exacting, intolerant, selfish, malevolent, deluded, manic�in fact, just about every pejorative word in the language could be applied to Lucy Nelson.

From Time Magazine Archive

Obtuse, an angle having a wider opening than a right-angle or "perpendicular."

From Stained Glass Work A text-book for students and workers in glass by Whall, C. W.

Obtuse: not pointed: an angle greater than a right angle: opposed to acute.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

Obtuse as lovers usually are, it never occurred to him that this was one of the best of symptoms in his favour!

From The Boy from Hollow Hut A Story of the Kentucky Mountains by Mullins, Isla May

Obtuse as he was, he saw at a glance what had occurred.

From A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time by Caine, Hall, Sir




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