Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for obtuse

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 5, Summit · 1 sense · adjective

The senseadjectiveTier 5, SummitThinking and knowing

lacking in insight or discernment

Too obtuse to grasp the implications of his behavior.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

purblind

Same sentence, swapped: Too purblind to grasp the implications of his behavior.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for obtuse as it is used in the sentence above.

unfeeling
unsympathetic
catatonic

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Closest first: other thinking and knowing words at Summit, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

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