Meaning & Definition of Obtuse in English

1. Of an angle

• Between 90 and 180 degrees

2. (of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex

3. 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

4. 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"