Slow on the uptake - Crossword Clue

Crossword Clue Last Updated: 16/12/2023

Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Slow on the uptake.

5 letter answer(s) to slow on the uptake

DENSE
  1. hard to pass through because of dense growth; "dense vegetation"; "thick woods"
  2. having high relative density or specific gravity; "dense as lead"
  3. Obtuse
  4. permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom"
  5. slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"

6 letter answer(s) to slow on the uptake

OBTUSE
  1. (of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex
  2. lacking in insight or discernment; "too obtuse to grasp the implications of his behavior"; "a purblind oligarchy that flatly refused to see that history was condemning it to the dustbin"- Jasper Griffin
  3. of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees
  4. slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"

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