obtuse
adjective
[ əbˈtjuːs ]
• annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand.
• "he wondered if the doctor was being deliberately obtuse"
Similar:
stupid,
dull,
slow-witted,
slow,
dull-witted,
unintelligent,
witless,
half-baked,
half-witted,
doltish,
lumpish,
blockish,
imperceptive,
uncomprehending,
bovine,
stolid,
crass,
insensitive,
thick-skinned,
dim,
dense,
thick,
thickheaded,
dim-witted,
slow on the uptake,
dumb,
dopey,
dead from the neck up,
boneheaded,
blockheaded,
lamebrained,
chuckleheaded,
dunderheaded,
wooden-headed,
pig-ignorant,
log-headed,
muttonheaded,
divvy,
dozy,
glaikit,
dumb-ass,
chowderheaded,
dof,
dotish,
hebete,
• (of an angle) more than 90° and less than 180°.
• "an obtuse angle of 150°"
• not sharp-pointed or sharp-edged; blunt.
• "it had strange obtuse teeth"
Origin:
late Middle English (in obtuse (sense 3)): from Latin obtusus, past participle of obtundere ‘beat against’ (see obtund).
