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Comparative for annoyingly imperceptive or slow to understand
“Young man, are you being deliberately obtuse and provocative?”
Comparative for having an edge or point that is blunt (not sharp)
“Using obtuse scissors, the skin is peeled off on both sides.”
Comparative for muffled or muted in sound, typically in pronunciation
“He also adds what he denominates the short and obtuse sound, as in fir, sir, bird, virtue. This sound, we believe, is confined to the vowel as followed by the letter r, and does not extend to a great number of words.”
Comparative for showing no care, feeling or emotion, especially toward others
Comparative for resistant to influence, unresponsive, unaware
Comparative for distasteful, crass or vulgar in nature
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