obtuse

Etymology


From, from ,  of , from , from  (see ) +  (ultimately from , from ). More at.

Adjective

 * 1)  Blunt; not sharp, pointed, or acute in form.
 * 2)  Blunt, or rounded at the extremity.
 * 3)  Larger than one, and smaller than two right angles, or more than 90° and less than 180°.
 * 4)  Obtuse-angled, having an obtuse angle.
 * 5) Intellectually dull or dim-witted.
 * 6) Of sound, etc.: deadened, muffled, muted.
 * 7) Indirect or circuitous.
 * 1)  Obtuse-angled, having an obtuse angle.
 * 2) Intellectually dull or dim-witted.
 * 3) Of sound, etc.: deadened, muffled, muted.
 * 4) Indirect or circuitous.
 * 1)  Obtuse-angled, having an obtuse angle.
 * 2) Intellectually dull or dim-witted.
 * 3) Of sound, etc.: deadened, muffled, muted.
 * 4) Indirect or circuitous.
 * 1) Of sound, etc.: deadened, muffled, muted.
 * 2) Indirect or circuitous.
 * 1) Of sound, etc.: deadened, muffled, muted.
 * 2) Indirect or circuitous.
 * 1) Indirect or circuitous.
 * 1) Indirect or circuitous.

Antonyms

 * bright, intelligent, on the ball, quick off the mark, quick-witted, sharp, smart

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Esperanto: malakra
 * Finnish: ,
 * Polish: rozwarty
 * Portuguese:
 * Slovak: tupý


 * Armenian:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: stumpa
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Macedonian: тап
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,


 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: тупы́
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: obtús
 * Central Melanau: langak, tangak
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Iban: chakah
 * Ingrian: tyltsä
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer:
 * Lithuanian: bukas
 * Macedonian: тап
 * Malay: cakah
 * Maori: hāpūpū
 * Navajo: ałhiʼdiidzo
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: rozwarty,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: tupý
 * Slovene: tup
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Ukrainian: тупи́й


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: obtús
 * Czech:, , zabedněný
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:, malsprita
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ჩლუნგი, ყეყეჩი, შტერი
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: тап, глуп, глупав
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, sløv,
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: tupý
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, ,


 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: dampsona, dampata
 * Finnish:, vaimennettu
 * French:
 * German:, , , , , ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:


 * Esperanto: malrekta
 * Finnish:
 * German:, ,

Verb

 * 1)  To dull or reduce an emotion or a physical state.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Esperanto: dampi
 * Slovak: otupiť, otupovať