Blunt vs. Obtuse — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Blunt and Obtuse
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Blunt
Having a dull edge or end; not sharp.
Obtuse
Annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand
He wondered if the doctor was being deliberately obtuse
Blunt
Abrupt and often disconcertingly frank in speech
"People [in the Western US] are blunt with one another, sometimes even cruel, believing honesty is stronger medicine than sympathy" (Gretel Ehrlich).
Obtuse
(of an angle) more than 90° and less than 180°
An obtuse angle of 150°
Blunt
Stark; unadorned
"The blunt truth ... is that he is devoid of political courage" (Jeff Jacoby).
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Obtuse
Not sharp-pointed or sharp-edged; blunt
It had strange obtuse teeth
Blunt
Slow to perceive, understand, or feel; dull or insensitive
"I felt blunt with shock when I heard the news" (Sallie Bingham).
Obtuse
Lacking quickness of perception or intellect.
Blunt
To dull the edge of (a knife, for example).
Obtuse
Characterized by a lack of intelligence or sensitivity
An obtuse remark.
Blunt
To make less effective; weaken
Blunting the criticism with a smile.
Obtuse
Not distinctly felt
An obtuse pain.
Blunt
To become blunt
When the scraper blade blunts, you will have to replace it.
Obtuse
Not sharp, pointed, or acute in form; blunt.
Blunt
A cigar whose interior has been hollowed out and filled with marijuana.
Obtuse
Having an obtuse angle
An obtuse triangle.
Blunt
A marijuana cigarette that has been rolled in a cigar's tobacco leaf wrapper instead of rolling paper.
Obtuse
(Botany) Having a blunt or rounded tip
An obtuse leaf.
Blunt
Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.
Obtuse
; not sharp, pointed, or acute in form.
Blunt
Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute.
Obtuse
Blunt, or rounded at the extremity.
Blunt
Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
The blunt admission that he had never liked my company.
Obtuse
Larger than one, and smaller than two right angles, or more than 90° and less than 180°.
Blunt
Hard to impress or penetrate.
Obtuse
, having an obtuse angle.
Blunt
Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive.
Obtuse
Intellectually dull or dim-witted.
Blunt
A fencer's practice foil with a soft tip.
Obtuse
Of sound, etc.: deadened, muffled, muted.
Blunt
A short needle with a strong point.
Obtuse
Indirect or circuitous.
Blunt
A marijuana cigar.
Obtuse
To dull or reduce an emotion or a physical state.
Blunt
Money
Obtuse
Not pointed or acute; blunt; - applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees.
Blunt
A playboating move resembling a cartwheel performed on a wave.
Obtuse
Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; not alert, especially to the feelings of others; dull; stupid; as, obtuse senses.
Blunt
To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
Obtuse
Dull; deadened; as, obtuse sound.
Blunt
(figuratively) To repress or weaken; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of
It blunted my appetite.
My feeling towards her have been blunted.
Obtuse
Of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees
Blunt
Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp.
The murderous knife was dull and blunt.
Obtuse
Of a leaf shape; rounded at the apex
Blunt
Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; - opposed to acute.
His wits are not so blunt.
Obtuse
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
Blunt
Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
Obtuse
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
Dumb officials make some really dumb decisions
He was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse
Worked with the slow students
Blunt
Hard to impress or penetrate.
I find my heart hardened and blunt to new impressions.
Blunt
To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
Blunt
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.
Blunt
A fencer's foil.
Blunt
A short needle with a strong point. See Needle.
Blunt
Money.
Blunt
Make less intense;
Blunted emotions
Blunt
Make numb or insensitive;
The shock numbed her senses
Blunt
Make dull or blunt;
Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge
Blunt
Make less sharp;
Blunt the knives
Blunt
Make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation;
Terror blunted her feelings
Deaden a sound
Blunt
Having a broad or rounded end;
Thick marks made by a blunt pencil
Blunt
Used of a knife or other blade; not sharp;
A blunt instrument
Blunt
Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion;
Blunt talking and straight shooting
A blunt New England farmer
I gave them my candid opinion
Forthright criticism
A forthright approach to the problem
Tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank
It is possible to be outspoken without being rude
Plainspoken and to the point
A point-blank accusation
Blunt
Devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment;
The blunt truth
The crude facts
Facing the stark reality of the deadline
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