Found 3 items, similar to Obtuse.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: obtuse bodoh
English → English (WordNet) Definition: obtuse obtuse adj 1: of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees [ant: acute] 2: of a leaf shape; rounded at the apex 3: 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 [syn: purblind] 4: 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” [syn: dense, dim, dull, dumb, slow]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Obtuse Obtuse \Ob*tuse"\ a. [Compar. Obtuser; superl. Obtusest.] [L. obtusus, p. p. of obtundere to blunt: cf. F. obtus. See Obtund.] 1. Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees. [1913 Webster] 2. Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; not alert, especially to the feelings of others; dull; stupid; as, obtuse senses. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. Dull; deadened; as, obtuse sound. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]