Obtuse vs. Stupid

Published: 6 May, 2022

Obtuseadjective

; not sharp, pointed, or acute in form.

Stupidadjective

Lacking in intelligence or exhibiting the quality of having been done by someone lacking in intelligence.

‘Because it's a big stupid jellyfish!’;

Obtuseadjective

Blunt, or rounded at the extremity.

Stupidadjective

To the point of stupor.

‘Neurobiology bores me stupid.’;

Obtuseadjective

One that is larger than one and smaller than two right angles, or more than 90° and less than 180°.

Stupidadjective

(archaic) Characterized by or in a state of stupor; paralysed.

Obtuseadjective

, having an obtuse angle.

Stupidadjective

(archaic) Lacking sensation; inanimate; destitute of consciousness; insensate.

Obtuseadjective

Intellectually dull or dim-witted.

Stupidadjective

dulled in feeling or sensation; torpid

Obtuseadjective

Of sound, etc.: deadened, muffled, muted.

Stupidadjective

(slang) Amazing.

‘That dunk was stupid! His head was above the rim!’;

Obtuseadjective

Indirect or circuitous.

Stupidadjective

(slang) damn, annoying, darn

‘I fell over the stupid wire.’;

Obtuseverb

To dull or reduce an emotion or a physical state.

Stupidadverb

Extremely.

‘My gear is stupid fly.’;

Obtuseadjective

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

Stupidnoun

A stupid person; a fool.

Obtuseadjective

Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; not alert, especially to the feelings of others; dull; stupid; as, obtuse senses.

Stupidnoun

The state or condition of being stupid.

‘His stupid knows no bounds.’;

Obtuseadjective

Dull; deadened; as, obtuse sound.

Stupidadjective

Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; - said of persons.

‘O that men . . . should be so stupid grown . . . As to forsake the living God!’; ‘With wild surprise,A moment stupid, motionless he stood.’;

Obtuseadjective

of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees

Stupidadjective

Resulting from, or evincing, stupidity; formed without skill or genius; dull; heavy; - said of things.

‘Observe what loads of stupid rhymesOppress us in corrupted times.’;

Obtuseadjective

of a leaf shape; rounded at the apex

Stupidnoun

a person who is not very bright;

‘The economy, stupid!’;

Obtuseadjective

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’;

Stupidadjective

lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity

Obtuseadjective

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’;

Stupidadjective

in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock;

‘he had a dazed expression on his face’; ‘lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow’; ‘was stupid from fatigue’;

Obtuseadjective

annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand

‘he wondered if the doctor was being deliberately obtuse’;

Stupidadjective

without much intelligence;

‘a dull job with lazy and unintelligent co-workers’;

Obtuseadjective

difficult to understand, especially deliberately so

‘some of the lyrics are a bit obtuse’;