Acute

Definition:

(a.) Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; -- opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf.
(a.) Having nice discernment; perceiving or using minute distinctions; penetrating; clever; shrewd; -- opposed to dull or stupid; as, an acute observer; acute remarks, or reasoning.
(a.) Having nice or quick sensibility; susceptible to slight impressions; acting keenly on the senses; sharp; keen; intense; as, a man of acute eyesight, hearing, or feeling; acute pain or pleasure.
(a.) High, or shrill, in respect to some other sound; -- opposed to grave or low; as, an acute tone or accent.
(a.) Attended with symptoms of some degree of severity, and coming speedily to a crisis; -- opposed to chronic; as, an acute disease.
(v. t.) To give an acute sound to; as, he acutes his rising inflection too much.

Compare acute with other words:

acute vs. scute

acuate vs. acute

acute vs. agile

acute vs. slight

acute vs. lyncean

acute vs. sagaciousness

acute vs. severe

acute vs. clever

acute vs. preventable

acute vs. apiculate

acute vs. perspective

acute vs. sensitive

acute vs. astute

acumen vs. acute

acute vs. extreme

acute vs. critical

acute vs. serious

acute vs. perspicacious

acute vs. penetrative

acute vs. asphyxiation

acute vs. subacute

acute vs. recrudescence

acute vs. penetrating

acute vs. lozenge

acute vs. smallpox

acute vs. measles

acute vs. perceptive

acute vs. instant

acute vs. incisive

acute vs. shrill

acute vs. content

acute vs. angst

acute vs. blunt

acute vs. basil

acute vs. axinite

acute vs. acutely

acute vs. quirk

acute vs. acuteness

acuity vs. acute

acute vs. leisurely

acute vs. witless

acute vs. strong

acute vs. powerful

acute vs. intense

acute vs. sudden

acute vs. urgent

acute vs. emergent

acute vs. onset

acute vs. pressing

acute vs. condition

acute vs. triangle

acute vs. angle

acute vs. degree

acute vs. quick

acute vs. obtuse

acute vs. cosine

acute vs. sharp

acute vs. inflammation

acute vs. chronic