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Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary
obtuse
1. of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees • Ant: acute 2. (of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex • Similar to: simple, unsubdivided • Derivationally related forms: obtuseness 3. lacking in insight or discernment - too obtuse to grasp the implications of his behavior - "a purblind oligarchy that flatly refused to see that history was condemning it to the dustbin"- Jasper Griffin • Syn: purblind • Similar to: undiscerning • Derivationally related forms: obtuseness 4. slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity - so dense he never understands anything I say to him - never met anyone quite so dim - "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray - dumb officials make some really dumb decisions - he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse - worked with the slow students • Syn: dense, dim, dull, dumb, slow • Similar to: stupid • Derivationally related forms: slowness (for: slow), obtuseness, dumbness (for: dumb), dullness (for: dull), denseness (for: dense)
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