Word "OBTUSE" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
lacking in insight or discernment
Synonyms:
purblind
Examples:
too obtuse to grasp the implications of his behavior

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
Synonyms:
dense, dim, dull, dumb, slow
Examples:
he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
(of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex

Crossword Clues for OBTUSE

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Clue Source Date
It's not acute, stupid! (6) Puzzler Cryptic 09 Aug 2025
Blunt Puzzler Backwords 28 Jul 2025
Slow-witted Thomas Joseph 11 Jul 2025
What is an angle between 90degrees and 180degrees called? (6)
Type of angle that is always more than 90 and less than 180 degrees (6)
Take bus to the East and change, stupid! (6)
Blunt in form
Greater than 90 |degrees, ... angle
Slow-witted Oscar given tubes for repair (6)
Slow-witted The Sun Two Speed 24 Apr 2025
Stupid baronet plunged into river The Sun Two Speed 24 Apr 2025
Lacking in discernment
But so off key it's just stupid (6)
Stupid wrestling bouts, sweetheart! (6)
Dull alumnus with little time to apply (6) Puzzler Cryptic 29 Mar 2025
Dull-witted but more than right
(Angle) more than 90 degrees (6)
Dull, slow-witted (6)
Blunt Puzzler Backwords 28 Feb 2025
Dull-witted Newsday 24 Feb 2025
Blunt; dull-witted (6)
Silly sort of angle? (6)
Dull or slow-witted (6)
But so ludicrously English it's stupid (6)
Dim-witted old boy given latest in suspect treatment (6)
So tube is moving slow? The Times Quick Cryptic 25 Jan 2025
Slow-witted poet essentially carrying fancy bust (6)
Stupid angle?
Stupid, but so strangely to the point (6)
Blunt Puzzler Backwords 29 Dec 2024
Like some angles Premier Sunday 15 Dec 2024
Not a clever sort of angle (6)
Like an angle that's over 90 degrees
Blunt oxygen tubes? (6)
Between 90 and 180 degrees, mathematically The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 09 Nov 2024
Slow-witted Thomas Joseph 09 Nov 2024
Opposite of acute
Slow to get wider angle (6)
Angle between 90˚ and 180˚ Mirror Tea Time 16 Oct 2024
Slow on the uptake The Times Concise 12 Oct 2024
Like an angle between 90º and 180º LA Times Daily 10 Sep 2024
Stupid type of angle
Stupid old bat doesn't have a purpose (6)
In mathematics, an angle of between 90degrees and 180degrees (6)
Upset makes us to be dense (6)
Angle lying between 90 and 180 degrees Mirror Quiz 12 Aug 2024
Angle type LA Times Daily 11 Aug 2024
Angie between 90 and 180 degrees (6)
Slow-witted Hobbits regularly ignored exercise
Angle of density (6)
Has a blunt tip when emotionally insensitive (6)
Blunt, not pointed The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 25 Jun 2024
Like an angle of 100 degrees? The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 24 Jun 2024
Dull-witted old boy making suet pudding (6)
Blunt Puzzler Backwords 21 Jun 2024
So use a tube that's blunt!
Slow on the uptake - kind of angle (6) The Guardian Quick 14 Jun 2024
Slow on the uptake a€“ kind of angle (6)
Of an angle, greater than 90degrees (6)
So tube is blunt (6)
Wide, as an angle TV 09 Jun 2024
So tube can be dull (6)
Stupid to be moving us into it (6)
Stupid to put ring over wrong tubes (6)
Of an angle, lying between 90 and 180 degrees
Slow old boy given latest in current benefit (6)
More than 90degrees, or less than tactful
Let's be blunt! Nothing is best for you!
Such an angle may have been a bit thick (6)
Of an angle, between 91 and 179 degrees The Times Specialist Sunday 19 May 2024
Oh! You get the best! I'll be blunt!
Like an angle between 90 Degrees and 180 degrees
Uncomprehending (6)
You could find us to be dim-witted (6)
Stupid to be involving ourselves in (6)
Dull-witted former pupil needing time to exercise (6)
Slow to understand this angle (6)
An angle of between ninety and 180 degrees is called what? (6)
Thick books about British operation
Like an angle between 90° and 180° New York Times 01 Apr 2024
Dense type of angle? (6)
Creates us to be as blunt in form (6)
So tube has angle over 90 (6)
Slow to be given quarter after punishing bout (6)
In mathematics, an angle between 90 and 180 degrees (6)
Old boy spilling suet, being mentally slow (6)
So tube can be blunt (6)
Greater than ninety - that's insensitive (6)
You"ll find us to be dreadfully dim-witted (6)
Having an angle of between 90 and 180 degrees The Times Concise 10 Feb 2024
Deliberately vague
Former pupil finds the first application stupid
Insensitive practice by old broadband provider The Telegraph Cryptic 22 Dec 2023
Insensitive practice by old broadband provider (6)
Slow on the uptake The Guardian Quick 16 Dec 2023
Dense oxygen tubes replaced (6)
Type of angle greater than 90 degrees but less than 180
Stupid old boy beginning to truncate treatment (6)
Stupid The Telegraph Quick 03 Nov 2023
Thick slob, half ignored, beginning to tackle employment The Telegraph Toughie 04 Oct 2023
More than 90° New York Times 28 Aug 2023
Insensitive to be unruly around us The Guardian Quiptic 24 Jul 2023
Slow-witted, insensitive The Guardian Speedy 12 Mar 2023
Slow moving bus to Spain The Telegraph Toughie 07 Mar 2023
Dense, in a way Universal 19 Feb 2023
Not very quick Newsday 05 Nov 2022
Dozy bachelor finally lost in river The Times Cryptic 26 Oct 2022
Angles of 2 or 3 radians are ____ The Times Specialist Sunday 11 Sep 2022
Rather dense LA Times Daily 09 Jul 2022
Blunt heads of overseas bank taking on employment
Opposite of acute, for an angle USA Today 30 Jun 2022
Annoyingly imperceptive Wall Street Journal 01 Jun 2022
Thick fluid but so clear, essentially
Thick fluid but so clear, essentially The Guardian Cryptic 26 May 2022
Blunt The Times Concise 13 Feb 2022
An angle between 90 and 180 degrees Irish Times Simplex 30 Dec 2021
More than right … or seldom correct? New York Times 24 Nov 2021
Annoyingly insensitive The Times Concise 23 Nov 2021
Like angles between 90 and 180 degrees
Like a 270-degree angle Universal 29 Oct 2021
An angle between 90 and 180 degrees Irish Times Simplex 29 Oct 2021
Not at all observant Newsday 16 Oct 2021
Over 90 degrees, in a way The Washington Post 30 Sep 2021
Over 90 degrees, in a way LA Times Daily 30 Sep 2021
Incapable of insight Newsday 22 Jul 2021
Wide-angle lens just a boon, regular shots taken when climbing The Telegraph Toughie 04 Jun 2021
Stupid honour essentially elitist American wears The Telegraph Cryptic 16 Apr 2021
Thick Russian flower on far side of Bucharest has value Irish Times Crosaire 16 Mar 2021
Thick ring, black and teal on top has value
Combat guns get mislaid regularly -- that's stupid The Telegraph Cryptic 29 Jan 2021
Thickheaded New York Times 01 Jan 2021
An angle between 90 and 180 degrees Irish Times Simplex 21 Dec 2020
Not very perceptive or sensitive Irish Times Simplex 29 Oct 2020
Dense Eugene Sheffer 10 Oct 2020
Blunt The Telegraph Quick 20 Aug 2020
Not at all alert Newsday 16 Jul 2020
Stupid baronet plunged into river
It is difficult to understand // one type of angle
Stupid sort of angle
Dull-witted The Times Concise 08 Mar 2020
Slow to understand The Times Concise 07 Feb 2020
Love, dropping its first subtle shimmering
Love plastic tubes, being thick
None too bright Thomas Joseph 23 Dec 2019
Not an intelligent sort of angle?
Dense fog — Central tube station first to get disrupted
Slow-witted Thomas Joseph 19 Aug 2019
Dull books about British milk The Telegraph Cryptic 27 Jun 2019
Dim pupil once taking time with exercise The Telegraph Toughie 21 Jun 2019
Like a regular pentagon's angles The Washington Post Sunday 28 Apr 2019
A 3dn between 90 and 180 degrees Irish Times Simplex 27 Apr 2019
Slow-witted The Times Concise 14 Apr 2019
Slow-witted when it comes to geometry? Wall Street Journal 03 Apr 2019
Not the sharpest tool in the shed Wall Street Journal 19 Jan 2019
Rather thick The Washington Post 10 Jan 2019
Rather thick LA Times Daily 10 Jan 2019
Thickheaded
Slow-witted when it comes to geometry?
Not the sharpest tool in the shed
Rather thick
Dull alumnus cooked suet The Telegraph Toughie 11 Dec 2018
Dull-witted Universal 08 Dec 2018
Mentally slow, not acute? The Telegraph Cryptic 06 Nov 2018
Far from perceptive The Washington Post Sunday 21 Oct 2018
Slow on the uptake USA Today 18 Oct 2018
Dense Wall Street Journal 17 Sep 2018
Dull books about British employment
Type of angle Family Time 02 Jul 2018
Slow on the uptake, but so excited by note, finally The Telegraph Cryptic 26 Jun 2018
A stupid angle? Irish Times Simplex 20 Jun 2018
Kind of angle Universal 09 Jun 2018
Annoyingly insensitive The Times Concise 05 Apr 2018
Thick The Telegraph Quick 24 Feb 2018
Tube so unusually thick The Sun Two Speed 30 Jan 2018
Dull, stupid The Sun Two Speed 30 Jan 2018
Thickheaded Newsday 04 Jan 2018
Slow on the uptake
Dense
Kind of angle
Dull-witted
Angle between 90 and 180 degrees Irish Times Simplex 18 Nov 2017
Slow boat unloaded in river
Basket emptied into river? That's stupid
Dim-witted baronet stuck in river
Dim-witted baronet stuck in river The Times Cryptic 17 Jul 2017
None to bright Thomas Joseph 03 Jun 2017
More than right, but stupid
Dull, non-perceptive The Guardian Speedy 29 Apr 2017
Dull-witted USA Today 17 Feb 2017
Misshapen bust secured by bits of old elastic, not pointed
Like an angle greater than 90 degrees
Like an angle greater than 90 degrees Universal 25 Dec 2016
Like some angles USA Today 14 Nov 2016
Unobservant Newsday 11 Sep 2016
Slow old coach takes time heading east The Telegraph Toughie 14 Jul 2016
Like some angles LA Times Daily 05 Jul 2016
Angle greater than 90 degrees Irish Times Simplex 27 Apr 2016
Stupid The Telegraph Quick 24 Mar 2016
A few fries short of a Happy Meal The Washington Post 15 Mar 2016
Dense New York Times 16 Jan 2016
Like some angles
Dense
Like some angles
Dense, dim Irish Times Simplex 03 Nov 2015
Start off job with little time to exercise? That's stupid The Telegraph Cryptic 11 Oct 2015
You bet Aussie's seen frequently as hard to understand
More than 90 degrees USA Today 29 Sep 2015
Not alert Newsday 17 May 2015
Slow-witted Newsday 27 Jan 2015
Far from sharp USA Today 20 Jan 2015
Slow on the uptake
Not alert
Far from sharp
Slow-witted
More than 90 degrees
Unobservant
Stupid baronet plunged in river
Not exactly insightful
Communications company in current accommodation is dim
More than right, but stupid!
Between right and straight
Dense
Angle that's greater than 90 degrees
Dimwitted
Dense
Dumb as a doorknob
Thick
Thick
Wide angle designation
Dense
More than right, in triangles
Dense
More than right, in triangles
Slow to catch on
Greater than 90 degrees, as an angle
Like an angle greater than 90 degrees
Insensitive
Like some triangles
Insensitive
Thick
Doltish
Dense
Greater than 90 degrees, as an angle
Kind of triangle
Not sharp
Boorish
Slow
Not the sharpest knife in the drawer
Like angles between 90 and 180 degrees
Slow
Boorish
Like angles between 90 and 180 degrees
Thick as a brick
A few bricks short of a load
Not exactly quick
Lacking in insight
Slow-witted
Not exactly insightful
Like a triangle with one angle between 90° and 180°
Wide angle designation
Slow on the uptake
Insensitive
Slow to learn
Far from sharp
Dull
Slow on the uptake
Slow on the uptake
Incapable of insight
Between 90° and 180°
More than 90°, or less than tactful
Between 90° and 180°
Greater than 90 degrees
Thick
Not too apt
Not very astute
Blunt
Dull
Slow on the uptake
Like some angles
None too bright
Not sharp
Thickheaded
Dull
Greater than 90°, as an angle
95 degrees, maybe
Kind of triangle
More than 90°
Tactless
Slow-witted
Certain angle
Hardly brainy
Far from sharp
Opaque
Slow-witted
Insensitive
Dull-witted
Dull; dense
Dense or dull
Dimwitted
Unobservant
Kind of angle
Slow to understand.
Dull.
Dull
Blunt.
Slow on the uptake.
Not perceptive.
Imperceptive.
Greater than 90° and less than 180°.
Stupid.
Insensitive.
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