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Definition of Obtuse

1. Adjective. Of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees.

2. Adjective. (of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex.

3. Adjective. Lacking in insight or discernment. "A purblind oligarchy that flatly refused to see that history was condemning it to the dustbin"

4. Adjective. Slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity. "Worked with the slow students"

Definition of Obtuse

1. a. Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees.

Definition of Obtuse

1. dull [adj -TUSER, -TUSEST] : OBTUSELY [adv] - See also: dull

Medical Definition of Obtuse

1. Blunt or rounded at the apex, the converging edges separated by an angle greater than 90 degrees. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Obtuse

obturator canal obturator crest obturator externus obturator fascia obturator foramen obturator groove obturator hernia obturator internus obturator lymph nodes obturator membrane

obturator nerve obturator tubercle obturator vein obturator vein obtuse (current term) obtuse (current term) obtuse-angled triangle obtusely obtuseness obtusenesses

obtuser obtusest obtuse angle obtuse leaf obtuse triangle obtusion obtusities obtusity obumbrant obverse

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