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Noun obtuseness has 2 senses

• obtuseness(n = noun.cognition) dullness - the quality of being slow to understand; Array
is a kind of stupidity
has particulars: oscitance, oscitancy
Derived forms adjective obtuse₄, adjective obtuse₃

• obtuseness(n = noun.attribute) Array - the quality of lacking a sharp edge or point; Array
is a kind of bluntness, dullness
Antonym: acuteness
Derived form adjective obtuse₂

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obtuseness

Physical Insensibility

N insensibility, physical insensibility, obtuseness, palsy, paralysis, paraesthesia, anaesthesia, sleep, hemiplegia, motor paralysis, vegetable state, coma, anaesthetic agent, opium, ether, chloroform, chloral, nitrous oxide, laughing gas, exhilarating gas, protoxide of nitrogen, refrigeration, insensible, unfeeling, senseless, impercipient, callous, thick- skinned, pachydermatous, hard, hardened, case hardened, proof, obtuse, dull, anaesthetic, comatose, paralytic, palsied, numb, dead.

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