English-Thai Dictionary

obtuse

ADJ ทึ่ม  โง่  ซึ่ง เข้าใจ ช้า  dull slow keen acute tuem

 

obtuse

ADJ ทื่อ  ไม่ คม  ไม่ แหลม  ทู่  blunt sharp tue

 

obtuse angle

ADJ ซึ่ง เป็น มุมป้าน (มุม มากกว่า  90 องศา  แต่ น้อยกว่า  180 sueng-pen-mum-pan

 

obtusely

ADV อย่าง โง่เง่า  dully stupidly yang-ngo-ngol

 

obtuseness

N ความ โง่  kwam-ngo

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OBTUSE

a.[L. obtusus, from obtundo, to beat against. ] 1. Blunt; not pointed or acute. Applied to angles, it denotes one that is larger than a right angle, or more than ninety degrees.
2. Dull; not having acute sensibility; as obtuse senses.
3. Not sharp or shrill; dull; obscure; as obtuse sound.

 

OBTUSELY

adv. 1. Without a sharp point.
2. Dully; stupidly.

 

OBTUSENESS

n. 1. Bluntness; as the obtuseness of an edge or a point.
2. Dullness; want of quick sensibility; as the obtuseness of the senses.
3. Dullness of sound.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

OBTUSE

Ob *tuse ". a. [Compar. Obtuser (; superl. Obtusest.] Etym: [L.obtusus, p.p. of obtundere to blunt: cf. F. obtus. See Obtund. ]

 

1. Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees.

 

2. Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; dull; stupid; as, obtuse senses. Milton.

 

3. Dull; deadened; as, obtuse sound. Johnson.

 

OBTUSE-ANGLED; OBTUSE-ANGULAR

OBTUSE-ANGLED; OBTUSE-ANGULAR Ob *tuse "-an `gled, ob *tuse "-an `gu *lar, a.

 

Defn: Having an obtuse angle; as, an obtuse-angled triangle.

 

OBTUSELY

OBTUSELY Ob *tuse "ly, adv.

 

Defn: In an obtuse manner.

 

OBTUSENESS

OBTUSENESS Ob *tuse "ness, n.

 

Defn: State or quality of being obtuse.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

obtuse

ob tuse |əbˈt (y )o͞os, äb- əbˈt (j )us | ▶adjective 1 annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand: he wondered if the doctor was being deliberately obtuse. • difficult to understand: some of the lyrics are a bit obtuse. 2 (of an angle ) more than 90 ° and less than 180 °. • not sharp-pointed or sharp-edged; blunt. DERIVATIVES ob tuse ly adverb, ob tuse ness noun, ob tu si ty |-sitē |noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘blunt ’): from Latin obtusus, past participle of obtundere ‘beat against ’ (see obtund ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

obtuse

ob ¦tuse |əbˈtjuːs | ▶adjective 1 annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand: he wondered if the doctor was being deliberately obtuse. • difficult to understand, especially deliberately so: some of the lyrics are a bit obtuse. 2 (of an angle ) more than 90 ° and less than 180 °. 3 not sharp-pointed or sharp-edged; blunt. DERIVATIVES obtusely adverb, obtuseness noun, obtusity noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in sense 3 ): from Latin obtusus, past participle of obtundere ‘beat against ’ (see obtund ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

obtuse

obtuse adjective he frustrated his teachers by pretending to be obtuse: stupid, slow-witted, slow, dull-witted, unintelligent, ignorant, simpleminded, witless; insensitive, imperceptive, uncomprehending; informal dim, dimwitted, dense, dumb, slow on the uptake, halfwitted, brain-dead, moronic, cretinous, thick, dopey, lamebrained, dumb-ass, dead from the neck up, boneheaded, chowderheaded. ANTONYMS clever, astute. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See stupid . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

obtuse

obtuse adjective I wondered if he was too obtuse to pick up what I was driving at. See stupid (sense 1 ).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

obtuse

ob tuse /əbt j úːs /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠ «…に関して » 頭の鈍い, (いらいらするほど )鈍感な «in , at » ▸ be deliberately obtuse わざと理解できないふりをしている .～̀ á ngle 鈍角 (↔acute angle ).