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Meanings of obtuse in English
Synonyms
Examples for "slow"
Examples for "slow"
1
The government has been extremely slow to respond to problems, he said.
2
As a result, FORM 6 was slow, extremely expensive, and incredibly good.
3
However, the rate of its rise is likely to slow, they said.
4
Police issued a record number of tickets to slow drivers last year.
5
Its secret nature, however, meant that this information was slow in coming.
1
Yet, the faint cries for help plus some dull thumping noises continue.
2
And in one as in the other the finer susceptibilities grow dull.
3
As so often with the environment, it's the dull things that work.
4
You sit dull in the market all day; you want a feast.
5
Europe's belief in a dull but safe civilisation is its main attraction.
1
However, the future is looking dim and the present is not blinding.
2
These are really ideal for dim sum, but either type works fine.
3
The Trump campaign took a dim view of Mr Biden's economic proposals.
4
Here she saw in the dim light something moving in the water.
5
The atmosphere of the ball was heavy; the lamps were growing dim.
1
The witness for the State looked in dumb amazement at the wreck.
2
The days were dumb enough; but at night the hush became acute.
3
These are recognized in the empire of the taste-bothdeaf and dumb.
4
The whole house was dumb-thevery street had no sound in it.
5
The crowd halted, and stared round in superstitious terror and dumb marvel.
1
Far too dense, far too much seeing theorizing, far too much being.
2
Contrails are especially dense over parts of Europe and eastern United States.
3
Rooftop gardens can be used to capture water in dense urban areas.
4
Of course dense, heavy cakes can be delicious in their own way.
5
Advances in marker technology have made a dense marker map a reality.
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