10 Letter Words for Obtuseness
obtuseness
9 Letter Words for Obtuseness
outnesses, subtenses, tubenoses
8 Letter Words for Obtuseness
bestness, betosses, bonesets, stenoses, subsense, subteens, subtense, subtones, tubenose
7 Letter Words for Obtuseness
boneset, bonuses, bossest, bossets, bustees, butenes, obesest, outness, outseen, outsees, sestons, setness, steuben, subness, subnets, subnote, subsets, subteen, subtone, sunsets, tonuses, unbeset, unbesot, unobese
6 Letter Words for Obtuseness
beento, benets, benote, bentos, besets, besots, besses, betone, betons, betoss, bonete, bontee, bosses, bosset, bouses, buenos, bustee, butene, buteos, enoses, ensues, nesses, nessus, noeses, nouses, obsess, obtuse, onsets, onuses, ossete, oustee, outsee, senses, sensus, seston, setons, setose, setous, sneest, snouts, sonses, souses, steens, stenos, stones, stouns, subnet, subset, sunset, tenses, tenues, tossen, tosses, touses, tusses, unsets, usenet
5 Letter Words for Obtuseness
beent, beest, beets, benes, benet, bento, bents, beses, beset, besot, bests, betes, beton, betso, bones, bonus, bouet, bouns, bouse, bouts, bueno, bunts, buses, busto, busts, buteo, butes, butos, ebons, enets, ensue, esnes, essen, esses, estus, etens, nests, netes, nobut, noses, notes, notus, obese, onset, osset, ousts, outen, sense, senso, sensu, sente, sents, seton, snebs, snees, snobs, snots, snout, snubs, sones, sonse, souse, souts, steen, steno, stens, stobs, stone, stoss, stoun, stube, stubs, stuns, stuss, subet, subst, suent, suets, suses, susso, teens, tenes, tense, tenso, tenue, tones, tonus, toses, touns, touse, tsubo, tubes, tunes, unbet, unsee, unset, usent, utees
4 Letter Words for Obtuseness
been, bees, beet, bene, beno, bens, bent, bess, best, bete, bets, bone, bons, bose, bosn, boss, bote, bots, boun, bout, buns, bunt, buss, bust, bute, buto, buts, eboe, ebon, enes, ense, ento, eons, eses, esne, esse, ests, eten, eton, nebe, nebo, nebs, neet, nese, ness, nest, nete, nets, neut, nobs, noes, nose, note, nots, nous, nout, nubs, nuts, obes, obus, ones, onst, onus, oses, osse, otus, oust, outs, sebe, sebs, seen, sees, sene, sens, sent, sese, sess, sets, sneb, snee, snob, snot, snub, sobs, sone, sons, soss, sots, sous, sout, sten, stob, stub, stue, stun, subs, sues, suet, sune, suns, sunt, suss, teen, tees, tene, tens, tobe, toes, tone, tons, tose, toss, toun, tsun, tube, tubs, tues, tune, tuno, tuns, unbe, unto, usee, uses, utes
3 Letter Words for Obtuseness
bee, ben, bes, bet, bns, boe, bon, bos, bot, btu, bun, bus, but, ebn, ebs, een, ene, ens, eon, eos, ese, ess, est, esu, nbe, neb, nee, neo, net, nob, nos, not, nub, nus, nut, obe, obs, oes, one, ons, ont, ose, ous, out, sbe, see, sen, set, sob, son, sot, sou, sse, ssu, sub, sue, sun, sus, tbs, tee, ten, tes, tob, toe, ton, tos, tou, tss, tub, tue, tun, unb, uns, use, ust, ute, uts
Definitions for Obtuseness
[1] not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.
[2] not sharp, acute, or pointed; blunt in form.
[3] (of a leaf, petal, etc.) rounded at the extremity.
[4] indistinctly felt or perceived, as pain or sound.
[5] mentally slow or emotionally insensitive
[6] maths (of an angle) lying between 90° and 180° (of a triangle) having one interior angle greater than 90°
[7] not sharp or pointed
[8] indistinctly felt, heard, etc; dull obtuse pain
[9] (of a leaf or similar flat part) having a rounded or blunt tip
Words related to Obtuseness
obtusesilliness, lunacy, apathy, ignorance, nonsense, idiocy, absurdity, blindness, oblivion, disregard, illiteracy, bewilderment, insensitivity, simplicity, stupor, stolidity, fatuity, weakness, ineptitude, insensibility
Words nearby Obtuseness
obtuseobturator crest, obturator foramen, obturator hernia, obturator nerve, obturator vein, obtuse, obtuse angle, obtuse bisectrix, obtuse triangle, obtusion, obuda
Origin of Obtuseness
1500–10; < Latin obtūsus dulled (past participle of obtundere ), equivalent to ob- ob- + tūd-, variant stem of tundere to beat + -tus past participle suffix, with dt > s
Words that may be confused with Obtuseness
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, obtuseabstruse, obtuse
Other words from Obtuseness
ob·tuse·ly , adverb
ob·tuse·ness , noun
sub·ob·tuse , adjective
sub·ob·tuse·ly , adverb
sub·ob·tuse·ness , noun
Word origin for Obtuseness
C16: from Latin obtūsus dulled, past participle of obtundere to beat down; see obtund
Synonyms for Obtuseness
absurdity, apathy, idiocy, ignorance, lunacy, nonsense, silliness, asininity, fatuity, fatuousness, imbecility, imprudence, incapacity, ineptitude, injudiciousness, insensibility, puerility, shallowness, simplicity, slowness, sluggishness, stolidity, stupefaction, stupor, weakness, battiness, brainlessness, doltishness, feeble-mindedness, nitwittedness, stupidness, thick-headedness, weak-mindedness
