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   dense

   /dɛns/

   adjective

   • 1. closely compacted in substance: "as the storm cleared, a dense fog came down" Similar thickheavyopaquesoupymurkysmoggyimpenetrableconcentratedcondensedof high densityOpposite thinlight
   • ▪ having the constituent parts crowded closely together: "she made her way through the dense undergrowth" Similar close-packedclosely packedtightly packedclosely setthickpackedcrowdedcrammedjammed togethercompressedcompactedcompactsolidtightovergrownjungle-likejunglyimpenetrableimpassablearchaic:thicksetOpposite sparse
   • 2. (of a person) stupid: informal "Am I being dense? I don't quite understand" Similar stupidunintelligentignorantbrainlessmindlessfoolishslowslow-witteddull-wittedwitlessdoltishblockishdunce-likesimple-mindedempty-headedvacuousvapidhalf-wittedidioticmoronicimbecilicobtusebovinelumpishgulliblenaiveinformal:thickdimdumbdopeydippydozycretinousthickheadedchuckleheadeddunderheadedwooden-headedfat-headedthick-skulledmuttonheadedboneheadedlamebrainedbirdbrainedpea-brainedpig-ignorantslow on the uptakesoft in the headbrain-deaddead from the neck updaftnot the full shillingas thick as two short planksdofdotishvulgar slang:dumb-assOpposite clever
   • 3. (of a text) hard to understand because of its complexity of ideas: "a dark, dense novel"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin densus.

   Derivatives

   • 1. denseness noun

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