Originally Posted by sugarmamma  ob·tuse [uhb-toos, -tyoos]
adjective
1.
not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.
2.
not sharp, acute, or pointed; blunt in form.
3.
(of a leaf, petal, etc.) rounded at the extremity.
4.
indistinctly felt or perceived, as pain or sound.
Origin:
1500–10; < Latin obtūsus dulled (past participle of obtundere ), equivalent to ob- ob- + tūd-, variant stem of tundere to beat + -tus past participle suffix, with dt > s
Related forms
ob·tuse·ly, adverb
ob·tuse·ness, noun
sub·ob·tuse, adjective
sub·ob·tuse·ly, adverb
sub·ob·tuse·ness, noun
Can be confused: abstruse, obtuse .
Synonyms
1. unfeeling, tactless, insensitive; blind, imperceptive, unobservant; gauche, boorish; slow, dim. |