Englishobtuse
adjective
I wondered if he was too obtuse to pick up what I was driving at:
stupid, dull, slow-witted, slow, dull-witted, unintelligent, witless, half-baked, halfwitted, doltish, lumpish, blockish, imperceptive;
uncomprehending, bovine, stolid, crass, insensitive, thick-skinned;
informal dim, dense, thick, thickheaded, dimwitted, slow on the uptake, dumb, dopey, dead from the neck up, boneheaded, blockheaded, lamebrained, chuckleheaded, dunderheaded, wooden-headed, pig-ignorant, log-headed, muttonheaded;
British, informal divvy, dozy;
Scottish, & Northern English, informal glaikit;
North American, informal dumb-ass, chowderheaded;
South African, informal dof;
West Indian, informal dotish;
rare hebete.
▷antonyms clever, astute, shrewd, bright.