Obtuse has 2 syllables and the stress is on the second syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | When you think about it, it's all Kenny's fault for being so obtuse. | |
| 2. | Pedants delight in being obtuse. | |
| 3. | No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be; am an attendant lord, one that will do to swell a progress, start a scene or two, advise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool, deferential, glad to be of use, politic, cautious, and meticulous; full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse; at times, indeed, almost ridiculous— almost, at times, the Fool. | |
| 4. | She complained of an obtuse pain in her back. | |
| 5. | When two non-perpendicular straight lines intersect, they form four geometric angles; an acute angle plus either of the adjacent obtuse angles will naturally always sum to 180 degrees. |