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obtuse
/əbˈt(j)us/
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What does obtuse mean?
adjective
- Blunt; not sharp, pointed, or acute in form.
- Blunt, or rounded at the extremity.
- Larger than one, and smaller than two right angles, equivalently more than 90° and less than 180°.
More meanings (5)
adjective
- Obtuse-angled, having an obtuse angle.
- Intellectually dull or dim-witted.
- Of sound, etc.: deadened, muffled, muted.
- Indirect or circuitous.
verb
- (obsolete) To dull or reduce an emotion or a physical state.
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Each of the four solid angles in this figure is a little larger than the largest of obtuse angles.
Marian, primed to a humorous mood, would discover the queer-shaped flints aforesaid, and shriek with laughter, Tess remaining severely obtuse.
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The upper carnivorous tooth has three lobes, and an obtuse heel; the lower has two lobes, pointed and sharp, and no heel.
If our table is 'really' rectangular, it will look, from almost all points of view, as if it had two acute angles and two obtuse angles.
The berries are large and very obtuse, conical, dark-red, large-grained, and covered with a thick bloom, very juicy, and exceedingly soft--too much so for market purposes.