obtuse

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Phonetic Respelling: [ uhb-toos, -tyoos ]

Definition: Play

adj. 1 not quick or alert in perception or feeling or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull; 2 not sharp or acute or pointed; blunt in form

Sentence: Play Play

The angle was obtuse.

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The angle was obtuse.

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In an obtuse triangle one angle is larger than 90 degrees.

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A 172 degree angle is an example of an obtuse angle.

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Synonyms: Play

dopey; unintelligent; witless

Antonyms: Play

bright; intelligent; quick; smart

How many syllables in obtuse?

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Divide obtuse into syllables:

ob-tuse

Obtuse rhymes:

  • One Syllable Rhymes
    • Hear boose boose
    • Hear bruce bruce
    • Hear cheuse cheuse
    • Hear coos coos
    • Hear cruce cruce
    • Hear deuce deuce
    • Hear deuss deuss
    • Hear doose doose
    • Hear druce druce
    • Hear duce duce
    • Hear foose foose
    • Hear fuoss fuoss
    • Hear goose goose
    • Hear hoose hoose
    • Hear juice juice
    • Hear loose loose
    • Hear luce luce
    • Hear moose moose
    • Hear mousse mousse
    • Hear noose noose
    • Hear preuss preuss
    • Hear pruess pruess
    • Hear reuss reuss
    • Hear ruess ruess
    • Hear seuss seuss
    • Hear sluice sluice
    • Hear spruce spruce
    • Hear truce truce
    • Hear trues trues
    • Hear tyus tyus
    • Hear use use
    • Hear zeus zeus
  • Two Syllable Rhymes
    • Hear abstruse abstruse
    • Hear abuse abuse
    • Hear adduce adduce
    • Hear asmus asmus
    • Hear caboose caboose
    • Hear damoose damoose
    • Hear deduce deduce
    • Hear derousse derousse
    • Hear diffuse diffuse
    • Hear disuse disuse
    • Hear ekeus ekeus
    • Hear excuse excuse
    • Hear induce induce
    • Hear labouisse labouisse
    • Hear lajous lajous
    • Hear misuse misuse
    • Hear produce produce
    • Hear profuse profuse
    • Hear recluse recluse
    • Hear reduce reduce
    • Hear reuse reuse
    • Hear seduce seduce
    • Hear vanhoose vanhoose
  • Three Syllable Rhymes
    • Hear disabuse disabuse
    • Hear introduce introduce
    • Hear reproduce reproduce
  • Four Syllable Rhymes
    • Hear overproduce overproduce
    • Hear reintroduce reintroduce

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