2syllables
obtuse
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Definitions ofobtuse
1verb
- To dull or reduce an emotion or a physical state.
1adjective
- Blunt; not sharp, pointed, or acute in form.
- Intellectually dull or dim-witted.
- Of sound, etc.: deadened, muffled, muted.
- Indirect or circuitous.
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