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Meanings of obtuse in English
Antonyms
Examples for "acute"
Examples for "acute"
1
However, he rejected suggestions that the problem was particularly acute in Westmeath.
2
Main outcome measure: Two year survival after onset of acute lung injury.
3
He said water and sanitation needs remained acute for many affected villages.
4
Reuters reported last week that the problem is particularly acute in Belize.
5
North Korea battles acute food shortages even in years with good harvests.
Usage of obtuse in English
1
Bats without facial membranes; with short obtuse and bull-doggish heads; large lips.
2
Forgive me for being so obtuse, but what is your new job?
3
I couldn't tell if he was being cagey, or was simply obtuse.
4
And then came the events of November and Andrew's obtuse, mortifying interview.
5
The pubic bones were long, and met above an obtuse sub-pubic angle.
6
To the most obtuse mind these arrangements could convey but one meaning.
7
Yet our obtuse ancestors had for centuries refused to take the hint.
8
She is not so much hard and hateful as mistaken and obtuse.
9
But Wheatley's latest is considerably more obtuse than even those odd films.
10
The gardener was very obtuse, but finally contributed one possibly important fact.
11
He spoke slowly as one lecturing to an obtuse class of scholars.
12
The jagged guitars and the obtuse lyrics struck a chord with me.
13
It has a rude, depressed, and obtuse head, and a compressed tail.
14
Pierre shrugged a shoulder gently, for he thought Tybalt was unusually obtuse.
15
I understood that, Annesley excused herself, blushing lest she had appeared obtuse.
16
He was as obtuse as a post to his wife's meaning look.
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Obtuse across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common