Blunt vs. Obtuse
Bluntadjective
Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.
Bluntadjective
Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute.
Bluntadjective
Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
Bluntadjective
Hard to impress or penetrate.
Bluntadjective
Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive.
Bluntnoun
A fencer's practice foil with a soft tip.
Bluntnoun
A short needle with a strong point.
Bluntnoun
(smoking) A marijuana cigar.
Bluntnoun
money
Bluntnoun
A playboating move resembling a cartwheel performed on a wave.
Bluntverb
To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
Bluntverb
(figuratively) To repress or weaken; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of
Bluntadjective
Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp.
Bluntadjective
Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; - opposed to acute.
Bluntadjective
Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
Bluntadjective
Hard to impress or penetrate.
Bluntverb
To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
Bluntverb
To repress or weaken, as any appetite, desire, or power of the mind; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of; as, to blunt the feelings.
Bluntnoun
A fencer's foil.
Bluntnoun
A short needle with a strong point. See Needle.
Bluntnoun
Money.
Bluntverb
make less intense;
Bluntverb
make numb or insensitive;
Bluntverb
make dull or blunt;
Bluntverb
make less sharp;
Bluntverb
make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation;
Bluntadjective
having a broad or rounded end;
Bluntadjective
used of a knife or other blade; not sharp;
Bluntadjective
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion;
Bluntadjective
devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment;
Obtuseadjective
; not sharp, pointed, or acute in form.
Obtuseadjective
Blunt, or rounded at the extremity.
Obtuseadjective
One that is larger than one and smaller than two right angles, or more than 90° and less than 180°.
Obtuseadjective
, having an obtuse angle.
Obtuseadjective
Intellectually dull or dim-witted.
Obtuseadjective
Of sound, etc.: deadened, muffled, muted.
Obtuseadjective
Indirect or circuitous.
Obtuseverb
To dull or reduce an emotion or a physical state.
Obtuseadjective
Not pointed or acute; blunt; - applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees.
Obtuseadjective
Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; not alert, especially to the feelings of others; dull; stupid; as, obtuse senses.
Obtuseadjective
Dull; deadened; as, obtuse sound.
Obtuseadjective
of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees
Obtuseadjective
of a leaf shape; rounded at the apex
Obtuseadjective
lacking in insight or discernment;
Obtuseadjective
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity;
Obtuseadjective
annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand
Obtuseadjective
difficult to understand, especially deliberately so
Obtuseadjective
(of an angle) more than 90° and less than 180°
Obtuseadjective
not sharp-pointed or sharp-edged; blunt
