Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to obtuse
Participle: obtused
Gerund: obtusing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | obtuse |
| you | obtuse |
| he;she;it | obtuses |
| we | obtuse |
| you | obtuse |
| they | obtuse |
Perfect
| I | have obtused |
| you | have obtused |
| he;she;it | has obtused |
| we | have obtused |
| you | have obtused |
| they | have obtused |
Past
| I | obtused |
| you | obtused |
| he;she;it | obtused |
| we | obtused |
| you | obtused |
| they | obtused |
Pluperfect
| I | had obtused |
| you | had obtused |
| he;she;it | had obtused |
| we | had obtused |
| you | had obtused |
| they | had obtused |
Future
| I | will obtuse |
| you | will obtuse |
| he;she;it | will obtuse |
| we | will obtuse |
| you | will obtuse |
| they | will obtuse |
Future Perfect
| I | will have obtused |
| you | will have obtused |
| he;she;it | will have obtused |
| we | will have obtused |
| you | will have obtused |
| they | will have obtused |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | obtuse |
| you | obtuse |
| he;she;it | obtuse |
| we | obtuse |
| you | obtuse |
| they | obtuse |
Perfect
| I | have obtused |
| you | have obtused |
| he;she;it | have obtused |
| we | have obtused |
| you | have obtused |
| they | have obtused |
Imperfect
| I | obtused |
| you | obtused |
| he;she;it | obtused |
| we | obtused |
| you | obtused |
| they | obtused |
Pluperfect
| I | had obtused |
| you | had obtused |
| he;she;it | had obtused |
| we | had obtused |
| you | had obtused |
| they | had obtused |
Conditional
Present
| I | would obtuse |
| you | would obtuse |
| he;she;it | would obtuse |
| we | would obtuse |
| you | would obtuse |
| they | would obtuse |
Perfect
| I | would have obtused |
| you | would have obtused |
| he;she;it | would have obtused |
| we | would have obtused |
| you | would have obtused |
| they | would have obtused |
Imperative
| you | obtuse |
| we | Let's obtuse |
| you | obtuse |
Verbs conjugated like 'obtuse'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'obtuse'
abuse,
bouse,
contuse,
obduce,
obdure,
objure,
obtest,
obtrude,
obtund,
ouse,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English obtuse, from Latin obtūsus (“blunt, dull; obtuse”), past participle of obtundere, from obtundō (“to batter, beat, strike; to blunt, dull”), from ob- (“against”) (see ob-) + tundō (“to beat, strike; to bruise, crush, pound”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd-, from *(s)tew- (“to hit; to push”)). More at obtund.
Sample Sentences
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Fouler. To tread, ſtampe, or trample on; to bruiſe, or cruſh, by ſtamping; hurt, or obtuſe, by treading on; […] [1611, Randle Cotgrave, compiler, “Fouler”, in A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, signature Qq ij, verso, column 2:]
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The general effect of even a weak infusion of coca leaves is a pleasant irritability and sleeplessness. A stronger infusion keeps hunger away, prevents loss of breath in ascending mountains, dilates the pupil, and obtuses the sensibility to the air. [1861 August, “[Miscellaneous.] Coca”, in The United States Journal of Homœopathy, volume II, New York, N.Y.: C. T. Hurlburt, No. 437 Broome Street, →OCLC, page 549:]
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[Gustav von] Bunge […] claims that its [alcohol's] primary action is that of a depressant, and that its apparent good effects are simply due to the obtusing influence upon physical and mental suffering. But this is scarcely a correct assumption, as there are individuals in whom the smallest doses produce palpitation of the heart, throbbing of the carotids, and great mental activity. He also claims that alcohol does not produce renewed vigor in tired individuals, but simply obtuses this feeling of exhaustion. [1900 July 13, George M. Kober, “Shall Alcohol be Considered as a Food?”, in Landon B. Edwards, Charles M. Edwards, editors, Virginia Medical Semi-monthly (Richmond), volume V, number 7 (103 overall), Richmond, Va.: J. W. Fergusson & Son, printers [for the Medical Society of Virginia], published 1901, →OCLC, page 205, column 1:]
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The American avidity for "action" has evidently obtused the perceptions of habitual theatre-goers to all nuances of feeling, and therefore, the harmless romancings of the elderly estranged couple, Mr. and Mrs. Arvik, are interpreted as covering unspeakable iniquities that only exist in the minds of the critics. [1916, Henry Goddard Leach, editor, The American-Scandinavian Review, volume 4, New York, N.Y.: The American-Scandinavian Foundation, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 51:]