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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 mak stupid having high relative density or specific gravity; "dense as lead" heavy hard to pass through because of dense growth; "dense vegetation"; "thick woods" impenetrable permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom" thick closely crowded together; "a compact shopping center"; "a dense population"; "thick crowds" concentrated |
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