When you think about it, it's all Kenny's fault for being so obtuse.
Source: tatoeba (327523)
Obtuse
//əbˈt(j)us//
Synonyms for "obtuse" (207 found)
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Closest matches (42)
Strong matches (62)
Related words (103)
heartlessheavyhebetudinousicyimmovableimpassibleimpassiveimperceptiveimpercipientinexcitableinsensateinsensibleinsensitiveinsentientinsusceptibleloutishlumpishmentally retardedmindlessnonemotional
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numbnumbedoafishobdurateobjectiveobtuse angledopaqueout of touchpassionlesspointlesspurblindroundedself-absorbedslowslow wittedslow-wittedsluggishsmoothedsoullessspiritlessstolidstupidthickthick skinnedthick wittedthick-brainedthick-headedthick-patedthick-skinnedthick-wittedthickheadedthickskulledunaffectionateunedgedunemotionalunfeelingunfeltunimpassionedunimpressionableunlovingunpassionateunperceptiveunpointedunrespondingunresponsiveunsharpunsharpenedunsusceptibleunsympatheticuntouchablewooden
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6 entriesSynonyms
5 entriesderived
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3 entriesrelated to
12 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
147 translations across 45 languages.
Armenian
3 entries- բութ adj (botany, zoology: blunt)
- բութ adj (geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°)
- բութ adj (intellectually dull)
Asturian
1 entries- obtusu adj (geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°)
Belarusian
1 entries- тупы́ adj (geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°)
Bulgarian
4 entries- тъп adj (not sharp, pointed, or acute in form)
- тъп adj (geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°)
- тъп adj (intellectually dull)
- затъпявам verb (to dull or reduce an emotion or a physical state)
Burmese
1 entries- ကျယ် adj (geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°)
Catalan
2 entries- obtús adj (geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°)
- obtús adj (intellectually dull)
Central Melanau
2 entries- langak adj (geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°)
- tangak adj (geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 沉悶 /沉闷 adj (deadened, muffled, muted)
- 遲鈍 /迟钝 adj (intellectually dull)
- 鈍 /钝 adj (not sharp, pointed, or acute in form)
- 鈍 /钝 adj (geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°)
Czech
4 entries- omezený adj (intellectually dull)
- tupý adj (not sharp, pointed, or acute in form)
- tupý adj (geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°)
- tupý adj (intellectually dull)
Dutch
3 entries- afgestompt adj (intellectually dull)
- bot adj (botany, zoology: blunt)
- gesmoord adj (deadened, muffled, muted)
Esperanto
4 entries- dampata adj (deadened, muffled, muted)
- dampsona adj (deadened, muffled, muted)
- malakra adj (not sharp, pointed, or acute in form)
- malrekta adj (indirect or circuitous — see also indirect, circuitous)
Estonian
4 entries- juhm adj (intellectually dull)
- kaudne adj (indirect or circuitous — see also indirect, circuitous)
- loid adj (intellectually dull)
- nüri adj (geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°)
Finnish
4 entries- epäsuora adj (indirect or circuitous — see also indirect, circuitous)
- hidasjärkinen adj (intellectually dull)
- hidasälyinen adj (intellectually dull)
- tylppä adj (not sharp, pointed, or acute in form)
French
3 entries- obtus adj (geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°)
- obtus adj (intellectually dull)
- sourd adj (deadened, muffled, muted)
Galician
2 entries- obtuso adj (geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°)
- parvo adj (intellectually dull)
Georgian
3 entries- ყეყეჩი adj (intellectually dull)
- შტერი adj (intellectually dull)
- ჩლუნგი adj (intellectually dull)
German
4 entries- abgemildert adj (deadened, muffled, muted)
- abgeschwächt adj (deadened, muffled, muted)
- abgestumpft adj (deadened, muffled, muted)
- begriffsstutzig adj (intellectually dull)
Greek
4 entries- αμβλύνους adj (intellectually dull)
- αμβλύς adj (botany, zoology: blunt)
- αμβλύς adj (geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°)
- κουτός adj (intellectually dull)
Hungarian
1 entries- tompa adj (geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°)
Iban
1 entries- chakah adj (geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°)
Icelandic
3 entries- daufur adj (deadened, muffled, muted)
- sljór adj (intellectually dull)
- tregur adj (intellectually dull)
Ingrian
1 entries- tyltsä adj (geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°)
Italian
2 entries- ottuso adj (geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°)
- ottuso adj (intellectually dull)
Japanese
1 entries- 鈍角の adj (geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°)
Khmer
1 entries- ទាល adj (geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°)
Lithuanian
1 entries- bukas adj (geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°)
Macedonian
4 entries- глуп adj (intellectually dull)
- глупав adj (intellectually dull)
- тап adj (botany, zoology: blunt)
- тап adj (geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°)
Malay
1 entries- cakah adj (geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°)
Mongolian
1 entries- мохоо adj (geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°)
Māori
2 entries- hāpūpū adj (not sharp, pointed, or acute in form)
- hāpūpū adj (geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°)
Navajo
1 entries- ałhiʼdiidzo adj (geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°)
Norwegian
1 entries- stump adj (geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- dum adj (intellectually dull)
- sløv adj (intellectually dull)
- treg adj (intellectually dull)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- كور adj (not sharp, pointed, or acute in form)
Polish
3 entries- rozwarty adj (not sharp, pointed, or acute in form)
- rozwarty adj (geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°)
- tępy adj (geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°)
Portuguese
4 entries- abafado adj (deadened, muffled, muted)
- bronco adj (intellectually dull)
- embotado adj (not sharp, pointed, or acute in form)
- obtuso adj (botany, zoology: blunt)
Romanian
3 entries- atenuat adj (deadened, muffled, muted)
- obtuz adj (geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°)
- obtuz adj (intellectually dull)
Russian
4 entries- недалёкий adj (intellectually dull)
- приглушённый adj (deadened, muffled, muted)
- притуплённый adj (botany, zoology: blunt)
- тупо́й adj (botany, zoology: blunt)
Slovak
4 entries- tupý adj (not sharp, pointed, or acute in form)
- tupý adj (geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°)
- tupý adj (intellectually dull)
- otupiť verb (to dull or reduce an emotion or a physical state)
Slovene
1 entries- tup adj (geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°)
Spanish
4 entries- obtuso adj (botany, zoology: blunt)
- obtuso adj (geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°)
- obtuso adj (intellectually dull)
- romo adj (botany, zoology: blunt)
Swedish
4 entries- dov adj (deadened, muffled, muted)
- slö adj (botany, zoology: blunt)
- slö adj (intellectually dull)
- tjockskallig adj (intellectually dull)
Tagalog
1 entries- bika adj (geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°)
Thai
1 entries- ป้าน adj (geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°)
Ukrainian
1 entries- тупи́й adj (geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°)
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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