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What is the adjective for obtuse?

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obtuse
  1. Intellectually dull or dim-witted.
  2. Indirect or circuitous.
  3. Of sound, etc.: deadened, muffled, muted.
  4. (geometry) Of an angle: greater than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees.
  5. (geometry) Of a triangle: having one obtuse angle.
  6. (botany) Not sharp; blunt.
  7. Synonyms:
      8. stupid, dumb, dense, unintelligent, mindless, witless, brainless, thick, dull, slow, simple, dopey, vacuous, doltish, dim, unsmart, thickheaded, fatuous, boneheaded, lamebrained, oafish, birdbrained, chuckleheaded, senseless, opaque, dunderheaded, lamebrain, bonehead, airheaded, pinheaded, dopy, knuckleheaded, lunkheaded, gormless, dorky, softheaded, bubbleheaded, soft, dozy, bovine, muttonheaded, blockheaded, stolid, dof, dotish, blockish, insensitive, chowderheaded, glaikit, imperceptive … more
  8. Examples:
      9. “Young man, are you being deliberately obtuse and provocative?”
      “Using obtuse scissors, the skin is peeled off on both sides.”
      “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.”
obtuser
  1. comparative form of obtuse: more obtuse
  2. Synonyms:
      3. stupider, dumber, denser, thicker, duller, slower, simpler, dimmer, dopier, dorkier, softer, dozier, stolider, sluggisher, crasser, more unintelligent, more mindless, more witless, more brainless, more dopey, more vacuous, more doltish, more unsmart, more thickheaded, more fatuous, more boneheaded, more lamebrained, more oafish, more birdbrained, more chuckleheaded, more senseless, more opaque, more dunderheaded, more airheaded, more pinheaded, more knuckleheaded, more gormless, more softheaded, more bubbleheaded, more bovine, more muttonheaded, more blockheaded, more dotish, more blockish, more insensitive, more chowderheaded, more glaikit, more imperceptive, more uncomprehending, more divvy … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “After his recovery his small and slender frame assumed an obtuser garniture of flesh than it had ever before worn.”
obtusest
  1. superlative form of obtuse: most obtuse
  2. Synonyms:
      3. stupidest, dumbest, densest, thickest, dullest, slowest, simplest, dimmest, dopiest, dorkiest, softest, doziest, stolidest, sluggishest, crassest, most unintelligent, most mindless, most witless, most brainless, most dopey, most vacuous, most doltish, most unsmart, most thickheaded, most fatuous, most boneheaded, most lamebrained, most oafish, most birdbrained, most chuckleheaded, most senseless, most opaque, most dunderheaded, most airheaded, most pinheaded, most knuckleheaded, most gormless, most softheaded, most bubbleheaded, most bovine, most muttonheaded, most blockheaded, most dotish, most blockish, most insensitive, most chowderheaded, most glaikit, most imperceptive, most uncomprehending, most divvy … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Yet you do not brighten what would otherwise be dull, impart a keenness to the obtusest point, and diffuse a general lustre?”
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