Grade 8

obtuse (ob-tuse)

Definition


adjective.
1 not quick or alert in perception or feeling or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull; 2 not sharp or acute or pointed; blunt in form

Example Sentence

The angle was obtuse.

Synonyms

dopey; unintelligent; witless

Antonyms

bright; intelligent; quick; smart

Rhymes

  • boose
  • bruce
  • cheuse
  • coos
  • cruce
  • deuce
  • deuss
  • doose
  • druce
  • duce
  • foose
  • fuoss
  • goose
  • hoose
  • juice
  • loose
  • luce
  • moose
  • mousse
  • noose
  • preuss
  • pruess
  • reuss
  • ruess
  • seuss
  • sluice
  • spruce
  • truce
  • trues
  • tyus
  • use
  • zeus

  • abstruse
  • abuse
  • adduce
  • asmus
  • caboose
  • damoose
  • deduce
  • derousse
  • diffuse
  • disuse
  • ekeus
  • excuse
  • induce
  • labouisse
  • lajous
  • misuse
  • obtuse
  • produce
  • profuse
  • recluse
  • reduce
  • reuse
  • seduce
  • vanhoose

  • disabuse
  • introduce
  • reproduce

  • overproduce
  • reintroduce