obtuse

1. (satellite adjective) 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
Synonyms: purblind

2. (adjective) of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees
Antonyms: acute

3. (satellite adjective) of a leaf shape; rounded at the apex

4. (satellite adjective) 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"
Synonyms: dense, dim, dull, dumb, slow



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