obtuse[adjective]Synonyms: slow, dense, dull, stolid, stupid, thick, uncomprehending
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
ob‧tuse /əbˈtjuːs $ -ˈtuːs/
adjective formal[
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Latin;
Origin: obtusus 'blunt', from obtundere 'to beat against, make blunt']
slow to understand things, in a way that is annoying:
‘But why?’ said Charles, being deliberately obtuse.—obtuseness noun [uncountable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲