When you think about it, it's all Kenny's fault for being so obtuse.
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Obtuse
/əbˈt(j)us/
Synonyms for "obtuse" (157 found)
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Closest matches (32)
Strong matches (47)
cold as charitycold bloodedcold-bloodedcoldheartedcooldaftdeaddeadeneddensedimdim witteddim-witteddispassionatedoltishdopeydruggeddulldull of minddull-edgeddull-headed
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (78)
immovableimpassibleimpassiveimperceptiveimpercipientinexcitableinsensateinsensibleinsensitiveinsentientinsusceptibleloutishlumpishmentally retardedmindlessnonemotionalnumbnumbedoafishobdurate
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objectiveopaqueout of touchpassionlesspointlessroundedself-absorbedsimpleslowslow wittedslow-wittedsluggishsmoothedsoullessspiritlessstolidstupidthickthick skinnedthick wittedthick-brainedthick-headedthick-patedthick-skinnedthick-wittedthickheadedthickskulledunaffectionateunedgedunemotionalunfeelingunfeltunimpassionedunimpressionableunlovingunpassionateunperceptiveunpointedunrespondingunresponsiveunsharpunsharpenedunsusceptibleunsympatheticuntouchablewooden
Adjective(10 words)
Adjective(2 words)
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10 entriesCollocations
10 entriesobtuse angleobtuse personobtuse reasoningobtuse remarkobtuse responseobtuse stanceobtuse thinkingobtuse triangleobtusenessthe obtuse
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
2 entriesAntonyms
1 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
25 translations across 18 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- բութ adj (botany, zoology: blunt)
Bulgarian
1 entries- тъп adj (not sharp, pointed, or acute in form)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 鈍 /钝 adj (not sharp, pointed, or acute in form)
Czech
1 entries- tupý adj (not sharp, pointed, or acute in form)
Dutch
1 entries- bot adj (botany, zoology: blunt)
Esperanto
2 entries- malakra adj (not sharp, pointed, or acute in form)
- stumpa adj (botany, zoology: blunt)
Finnish
3 entries- tylppä adj (not sharp, pointed, or acute in form)
- tylppä adj (botany, zoology: blunt)
- tylsä adj (not sharp, pointed, or acute in form)
German
1 entries- stumpf adj (botany, zoology: blunt)
Greek
1 entries- αμβλύς adj (botany, zoology: blunt)
Macedonian
1 entries- тап adj (botany, zoology: blunt)
Māori
1 entries- hāpūpū adj (not sharp, pointed, or acute in form)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- كور adj (not sharp, pointed, or acute in form)
Polish
1 entries- rozwarty adj (not sharp, pointed, or acute in form)
Portuguese
2 entries- embotado adj (not sharp, pointed, or acute in form)
- obtuso adj (botany, zoology: blunt)
Russian
2 entries- притуплённый adj (botany, zoology: blunt)
- тупо́й adj (botany, zoology: blunt)
Slovak
1 entries- tupý adj (not sharp, pointed, or acute in form)
Spanish
2 entries- obtuso adj (botany, zoology: blunt)
- romo adj (botany, zoology: blunt)
Swedish
2 entries- slö adj (botany, zoology: blunt)
- trubbig adj (botany, zoology: blunt)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
Pedants delight in being obtuse.
Source: tatoeba (925713)
No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be; am an attendant lord, one that will do to swell a progress, start a scene or two, advise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool, deferential, glad to be of use, politic, cautious, and meticulous; full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse; at times, indeed, almost ridiculous— almost, at times, the Fool.
Source: tatoeba (3465288)
She complained of an obtuse pain in her back.
Source: tatoeba (3679000)
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