The meaning of Obtuse

adjective

Big, bulky, or crude in form or appearance.

Usage examples:

His blockish architecture is ugly if functional

adjective

Relating to or affecting cattle.

Usage examples:

Bovine tuberculosis

noun

An animal of the cattle group, which also includes buffaloes and bison.

Usage examples:

The last aurochs, the wild bovines from which domesticated cattle are descended, died in poland in …

adjective

Connected with cows, or like a cow because of being slow or stupid

adjective

Showing no intelligence or sensitivity.

Usage examples:

The crass assumptions that men make about women

abbreviation

(in genealogies) daughter.

Usage examples:

Henry m. georgina 1957, 1s 2d

contraction

Had.

Usage examples:

They'd already gone

noun

The fourth letter of the alphabet.

Usage examples:

Each half resembles a uppercase letter d, so the two parts of the cyclotron are known as dees.

adjective

(of a light, colour, or illuminated object) not shining brightly or clearly.

Usage examples:

The dim glow of the fire

verb

Make or become less bright or distinct.

Usage examples:

A smoky inferno that dimmed the sun

abbreviation

Diminuendo.

adjective

(of a person) stupid; idiotic.

Usage examples:

A doltish character

adjective

Stupid

Usage examples:

He plays a doltish detective who misses clues that are staring him in the face., they spend every e…

adjective

Lacking interest or excitement.

Usage examples:

Your diet doesn't have to be dull and boring

verb

Make or become dull or less intense.

Usage examples:

Time dulls the memory

adjective

Not interesting or exciting; boring

Usage examples:

Many of the courtroom events were dull and routine., the lecture was dry, dull, and full of statist…

adjective

Slow to understand or learn; not very intelligent

Usage examples:

He was an unimaginative and dull-witted man., they are devoted and dull-witted enough to obey any o…

idiom

Foolish; not fully thought out

adjective

Not fully thought through; lacking a sound basis.

Usage examples:

A half-baked conspiracy theory

adjective

Not planned or considered carefully enough

Usage examples:

A half-baked scheme

adjective

Stupid

Usage examples:

A half-witted remark

adjective

Lacking in perception or insight.

Usage examples:

He dismissed the remark as juvenile and imperceptive

adjective

Not good at noticing and understanding things

Usage examples:

He makes a polite but rather imperceptive comment., how could generations of serious scholars have …

adjective

Showing or feeling no concern for others' feelings.

Usage examples:

An insensitive remark

adjective

Not aware of other people’s feelings, or not showing sympathy for the feelings of other people

Usage examples:

The governor apologized for his insensitive remarks about the homeless., his feet seem to be insens…

adjective

Roughly or clumsily formed or shaped.

Usage examples:

Those large and lumpish hands could produce exquisitely fine work

adjective

Moving or operating, or designed to do so, only at a low speed; not quick or fast.

Usage examples:

Until recently diesel cars were slow and noisy

adverb

At a slow pace; slowly.

Usage examples:

The train went slower and slower

verb

Reduce one's speed or the speed of a vehicle or process.

Usage examples:

The train slowed to a halt

adjective

Not clever and therefore slow to notice or understand things

adjective

Calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation.

Usage examples:

A stolid bourgeois gent

adjective

Showing little or no emotion or imagination

Usage examples:

Stolid and impassive, the customs inspector listened to her explanation.

adjective

Having or showing a great lack of intelligence or common sense.

Usage examples:

I was stupid enough to think she was perfect

noun

A stupid person (often used as a term of address).

Usage examples:

You're not a coward, stupid!

adjective

Lacking thought or intelligence

Usage examples:

I just made another stupid mistake., turn off that stupid program!, can you believe my stupidity? i…

adjective

Not easily hurt by criticism

adjective

Showing or having an inability to comprehend something.

Usage examples:

An uncomprehending silence

adjective

Not understanding something

Usage examples:

They walked through the ruins of the city with dazed, uncomprehending looks.

adjective

Having or showing a low level of intelligence.

Usage examples:

A good-natured but unintelligent boy

adjective

Foolish; stupid.

Usage examples:

A witless retort

adjective

Stupid or showing no intelligence

Usage examples:

In the book, anna is forced to take care of her witless cousin., she was scared witless of robert, …