Definitions of obtuse

1. Dull; deadened; as, obtuse sound.

2. Not pointed or acute; blunt; - applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees.

3. Obtusely.

4. Not pointed or acute; as, an obtuse angle; greater than a right angle; blunt; dull; stupid.

5. Blunt: not pointed: stupid: not shrill: ( geom.) greater than a right angle.

6. Blunt; not pointed; greater than a right angle; stupid.

7. Blunt; not pointed or acute; denoting an angle larger than a right angle; dull; not sharp. Obtuse- angled, having obtuse angle. See Obtund.

8. Not pointed or acute; being greater than a right angle, or one of 90°; dull; stupid; in bot., with a rounded or blunt termination.