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I have a thirst - it's an awful word, but I'm thirsty for knowledge. I like knowing things, the odder the better, the more obtuse the better.
Nicholas Haslam

Meaning of "obtuse" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD OBTUSE

From Latin obtūsus dulled, past participle of obtundere to beat down.
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PRONUNCIATION OF OBTUSE

obtuse  [əbˈtjuːs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OBTUSE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Obtuse is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES OBTUSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of obtuse in the English dictionary

The first definition of obtuse in the dictionary is mentally slow or emotionally insensitive. Other definition of obtuse is lying between 90° and 180°. Obtuse is also having one interior angle greater than 90°.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OBTUSE


co-produce
ˌkəʊprəˈdjuːs
conduce
kənˈdjuːs
deduce
dɪˈdjuːs
deuce
djuːs
educe
ɪˈdjuːs
induce
ɪnˈdjuːs
introduce
ˌɪntrəˈdjuːs
intuse
ˈɪntjuːs
misuse
ˌmɪsˈjuːs
pertuse
pəˈtjuːs
produce
prəˈdjuːs
puce
pjuːs
reduce
rɪˈdjuːs
reproduce
ˌriːprəˈdjuːs
retuse
rɪˈtjuːs
seduce
sɪˈdjuːs
single-use
ˌsɪŋɡəlˈjuːs
traduce
trəˈdjuːs
transduce
trænzˈdjuːs
Zeus
zjuːs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OBTUSE

obtend
obtention
obtest
obtestation
obtrude
obtruder
obtruncate
obtrusion
obtrusive
obtrusively
obtrusiveness
obtund
obtundent
obtundity
obturate
obturation
obturator
obtusely
obtuseness
obtusity

WORDS THAT END LIKE OBTUSE

abuse
because
cause
child abuse
contuse
excuse
Father of the House
fuse
house
masseuse
mouse
muse
pause
refuse
spouse
the House
Toulouse
use
warehouse
White House

Synonyms and antonyms of obtuse in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «OBTUSE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «obtuse» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of obtuse

Translation of «obtuse» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OBTUSE

Find out the translation of obtuse to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of obtuse from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «obtuse» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

迟钝的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

obtuso
570 millions of speakers

English

obtuse
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कुंठित
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

منفرجة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тупой
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

obtuso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভোঁতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

obtus
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bodoh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

einfältig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

愚鈍な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

둔한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Obtuse
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

u mê
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மந்தத்தன்மை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मंदबुद्धी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kalın kafalı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ottuso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tępy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тупий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

obtuz
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αμβλεία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stomp
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

trubbig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stumpe
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of obtuse

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OBTUSE»

The term «obtuse» is regularly used and occupies the 61.169 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OBTUSE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about obtuse

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2 QUOTES WITH «OBTUSE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word obtuse.
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Nicholas Haslam
I have a thirst - it's an awful word, but I'm thirsty for knowledge. I like knowing things, the odder the better, the more obtuse the better.
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Shea Hembrey
I imagine explaining a work of art to my grandmother in five minutes, and if I can't explain it in five minutes, then it's too obtuse or esoteric.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OBTUSE»

Discover the use of obtuse in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to obtuse and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Clinical Cardiac CT: Anatomy and Function
These include the left anterior descending (LAD) and its diagonal branches, the right coronary artery (RCA) and its posterior descending artery (PDA), and posterolateral (PL) branches and obtuse marginal (OM) branches of the circumflex ...
Ethan J. Halpern, 2011
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Elementary Trigonometry
defined so that the connecting equations I and II of § 10 shall be satisfied. We have therefore tan (obtuse angle) sin (obtuse angle) sin (supplementary acute angle) cos (obtuse angle) — cos (supplementary acute angle) = — tan ...
3
Essential Skills in Maths
55 55"A 1 Acute 2 Acute 4 Acute 5 Obtuse 7 Acute 8 Obtuse 10 Obtuse 11 Reflex 13 Reflex 14 Acute 16 Reflex 17 Obtuse 19 Obtuse 20 Obtuse 22 Reflex 23 Obtuse 25 Obtuse 26 Reflex 28 Reflex 29 Obtuse Exercise 5~5T5> 1 Acute 2 Acute ...
Graham Newman, Ron Bull, 1997
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Observational Geometry
William Taylor Campbell. Particular care should be taken in their construction to produce figures which shall be distinct in the sizes of the angles as well as neat. Construct pentagons which shall have the following angles : — 31. 5 obtuse. 32.
William Taylor Campbell, 1899
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CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics, Second Edition
(Obviously, only a single ANGLE in a TRIANGLE can be OBTUSE or it wouldn't be a TRIANGLE.) A triangle must be either obtuse, ACUTE, or RIGHT. From the LAW OF COSINES, for a triangle with side lengths a , b , and c , cos C -c2 ...
Eric W. Weisstein, 2002
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International Mathematical Olympiad: 1959-1975
At least one angle of the quadrilateral is not acute, hence the edges of this angle determine an obtuse triangle. As before, the intervals EA, EB, EC determine at least two obtuse angles, giving rise to further two obtuse triangles. In summary, we ...
István Reiman, 2005
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Discrete and Computational Geometry: Japanese Conference, ...
There is at least one obtuse visual angle. If one of the visual angles is equal to Tr/ 2(right angle), the number of right visual angles is two or three. If neither of the visual angles is equal to 71'/2, the number of obtuse visual angles is two or four.
Jin Akiyama, Mikio Kano, 2003
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Brickwork
Internal obtuse angles When the walling is built to form an internal obtuse angle, dogleg bricks are generally used to form the bonding at the angle (Figures 78 and 79). This method is much stronger than with ordinary square bricks cut at the  ...
W. G. Nash, 1988
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Chip Technology
Theorem 4 The partition complexity of a simple mask with k obtuse corners is a-w + k. Proof Mask decomposition can be interpreted as drawing some chords in the mask (see Fig. 8). After a chord is drawn we assume that it creates a "strait" ...
Jörg D. Hoheisel, Alvis Brazma, 2002
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The Queensland Flora: by Manson Bailey...
others oval-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or shortly acuminate, 1£ to 2in. long or rarely longer. Flowers small, in compound cymes shorter than the leaves, on axillary or interpetiolar peduncles or in much longer irregular terminal ...
Frederick Manson Bailey, 1900

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OBTUSE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term obtuse is used in the context of the following news items.
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Jeb Bush is flirting with disaster: Why his latest anti-Medicare …
(Not to mention obtuse; a medical program is a humanitarian project.) It's likely that many of them were just as staunchly anti-communist and ... «Salon, Jul 15»
2
Amazon Is NOT Walmart's Peer – It's Way Better
But comparisons between AMZN stock and WMT aren't as obtuse. That's because the companies are very much peers in what they do, selling ... «Investorplace.com, Jul 15»
3
Good Riddance, Ed Show
Just how obtuse and arrogant is Ed Schultz? He could have avoided all this trouble if he had just paid NBC producer and sound engineer ... «Daily Caller, Jul 15»
4
The State of the Movie Fan Union
... his question mark-filled article questioning whether a little-followed Twitter account may be The Russo Brothers sending out obtuse images ... «Film School Rejects, Jul 15»
5
Bitcoin Can't Save The Music Industry If The Music Industry …
Certainly, the artists are not blameless in not demanding less obtuse agreements/reporting, but they simply don't have the leverage to do so, ... «hypebot.com, Jul 15»
6
Postal Service should deliver different reply to Tieton group
In the process, the agency has magnified its image as an unresponsive, obtuse, out-of-touch bureaucracy. At first, all seemed good. Tieton's ... «Yakima Herald-Republic, Jul 15»
7
Chris Harrison Addresses Kaitlyn and Shawn 'The Bachelorette …
It's kind of a weird maybe obtuse answer to your question, but that's kind of the best way I can describe it, is we really kind of let them dictate ... «Moviefone, Jul 15»
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The Town of Light is a Different, More Personal Take on the Horror …
Also, while there's nothing wrong with having a “press H for a hint” system, if the “puzzles” are too obtuse to unfurl in what I can only assume is ... «God is a Geek, Jul 15»
9
After the Iran Deal: Israel is Down But Far From Out
And even if it putters on for a while, as it probably will given how obtuse American politicians are, the days when it can count on getting its way ... «CounterPunch, Jul 15»
10
Science Fiction Realism
Civilization distilled into physical patterns, an obtuse object photographed in another dimension. What is the word for reality again. What is the ... «h+ Magazine, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Obtuse [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/obtuse>. Apr 2024 ».
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