Antonyms for obtuse
əbˈtus, -ˈtyusob·tuse

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1. obtuseadjective

   Antonyms:
   acute-angled, quick off the mark, bright, sharp, clear, acute, on the ball, smart, pointed, intelligent, quick-witted

   Synonyms:
   dense, deaden, blunt, obtuse-angled, thick, dull, dim-witted, dim, muffle

2. obtuseadjective

   Blunt; not sharp.

   Antonyms:
   acute, sharp, smart, on the ball, quick off the mark, bright, quick-witted, clear, acute-angled, pointed, intelligent

   Synonyms:
   dull, dim-witted, dim, muffle, obtuse-angled, blunt, thick, deaden, dense

3. obtuseadjective

   Intellectually dull or dim-witted.

   Antonyms:
   bright, sharp, on the ball, acute-angled, pointed, quick-witted, smart, intelligent, clear, acute, quick off the mark

   Synonyms:
   obtuse-angled, deaden, muffle, blunt, dense, dim-witted, dull, thick, dim

4. obtuseadjective

   Indirect or circuitous.

   Antonyms:
   clear, acute, acute-angled, intelligent, bright, quick off the mark, smart, sharp, pointed, on the ball, quick-witted

   Synonyms:
   obtuse-angled, dim, dim-witted, thick, dull, muffle, deaden, blunt, dense

5. obtuseadjective

   Of sound: deadened or muffled.

   Antonyms:
   acute, quick-witted, intelligent, sharp, bright, clear, smart, acute-angled, quick off the mark, pointed, on the ball

   Synonyms:
   deaden, dim-witted, dim, obtuse-angled, muffle, dull, blunt, thick, dense

6. obtuseadjective

   Of an angle: greater than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees.

   Antonyms:
   on the ball, bright, clear, pointed, smart, quick off the mark, sharp, acute-angled, acute, quick-witted, intelligent

   Synonyms:
   muffle, dim, deaden, thick, blunt, obtuse-angled, dense, dull, dim-witted

7. obtuseadjective

   Of a triangle: with one obtuse angle.

   Synonyms:
   dim-witted, thick, dense, muffle, deaden, obtuse-angled, blunt, dull, dim

   Antonyms:
   clear, sharp, acute-angled, on the ball, smart, quick-witted, acute, bright, pointed, quick off the mark, intelligent

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1. obtuse

   Antonyms:
   able, acute, apt, clear-sighted, discerning, intelligent, judicious, keen, keen-sighted, keen-witted, perspicacious, quick of scent, quick-scented, rational, sagacious, sage, sensible, sharp, sharp-witted, shrewd, wise

   Synonyms:
   absurd, dull, foolish, futile, ignorant, irrational, senseless, silly, simple, sottish, stupid, undiscerning, unintelligent

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1. obtuse

   Antonyms:
   acute, clever, intelligent, quick, sharp

   Synonyms:
   dull, stupid, unintelligent, stolid, doltish

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1. obtuseadjective

   of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees

   Antonyms:
   compound, smart, acute, discerning

   Synonyms:
   dumb, dense, slow, dim, purblind, dull

2. obtuseadjective

   (of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex

   Antonyms:
   compound, smart, discerning, acute

   Synonyms:
   dumb, dense, slow, dim, purblind, dull

3. obtuse, purblindadjective

   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

   Antonyms:
   smart, discerning, acute, compound

   Synonyms:
   visually impaired, purblind, sand-blind, dull, visually challenged, near-blind, dense, dim, dumb, dim-sighted, slow

4. dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slowadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   discerning, acute, smart, compound

   Synonyms:
   vague, ho-hum, muted, sluggish, subdued, deadening, faint, mute, slow, thudding, boring, dumb, dense, irksome, black, silent, wispy, heavy, dim, purblind, muffled, tedious, impenetrable, dull, dimmed, speechless, shadowy, tiresome, softened, bleak, thick, wearisome, leaden

How to use obtuse in a sentence?

1. Bret Hart:

   I think Martha, Owen's widow, she's a very obtuse, square-headed person. I think she's done more to erase my brother Owen's memory than she ever did to remember him.

2. Alfred Jarry:

   It is because the public are a mass -- inert, obtuse, and passive -- that they need to be shaken up from time to time so that we can tell from their bear-like grunts where they are -- and also where they stand. They are pretty harmless, in spite of their numbers, because they are fighting against intelligence.

3. Denis Diderot:

   The following general definition of an animal: a system of different organic molecules that have combined with one another, under the impulsion of a sensation similar to an obtuse and muffled sense of touch given to them by the creator of matter as a whole, until each one of them has found the most suitable position for its shape and comfort.

4. James Clyburn:

   But the onus, the responsibility lies with Senator McConnell to stop being so obtuse and get about the business of organizing this trial.

5. Georges Bataille:

   Sanity is the lot of those who are most obtuse, for lucidity destroys one's equilibrium: it is unhealthy to honestly endure the labors of the mind which incessantly contradict what they have just established.

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