obtuse

How many syllables in obtuse?

  2 syllables

Divide obtuse into syllables:   ob-tuse
Stressed syllable in obtuse:   ob-tuse
How to say obtuse:

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Synonyms for obtuse


1 syllable
  • slow
  • thick
2 syllables
  • stupid
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
    5 syllables
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      What rhymes with obtuse

      1 syllable
      • boose
      • cruce
      • goose
      • juice
      • luce
      • mousse
      • sluice
      • truce
      • use
      • Bruce
      • deuce
      • hoose
      • loose
      • moose
      • noose
      • spruce
      • trues
      2 syllables
      • Aarhus
      • abuse
      • Atreus
      • burnoose
      • Cayuse
      • charmeuse
      • chartreuse
      • coos
      • cut loose
      • diffuse
      • duce
      • effuse
      • fair use
      • hang loose
      • Lanús
      • mongoose
      • papoose
      • produce
      • Purus
      • red spruce
      • refuse
      • reuse
      • seduce
      • snow goose
      • Theseus
      • transduce
      • unloose
      • abstruse
      • adduce
      • blue spruce
      • caboose
      • ceruse
      • Chartreuse
      • conduce
      • couscous
      • deduce
      • disuse
      • educe
      • excuse
      • footloose
      • induce
      • misuse
      • negus
      • prepuce
      • profuse
      • recluse
      • reduce
      • retuse
      • Sanctus
      • slip noose
      • Tereus
      • traduce
      • turn loose
      • vamoose
      3 syllables
      • Cepheus
      • introduce
      • Orpheus
      • Perseus
      • Proteus
      • disabuse
      • Morpheus
      • Peleus
      • proteus
      • reproduce
      4 syllables
      5 syllables
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