obtuse 4
adjectivedomain: all adj
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
Examples
- 1.he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse
- 2.worked with the slow students
- 3.so dense he never understands anything I say to him
- 4.although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick- Thackeray
- 5.never met anyone quite so dim
- 6.dumb officials make some really dumb decisions
Synonyms
- dense 4
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
- dim 5
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
- dull 7
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
- dumb 1
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
- slow 3
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
