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The synonyms of “Acute” are: intense, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp, acuate, needlelike, severe, critical, drastic, dire, dreadful, terrible, awful, grave, bad, serious, profound, stabbing, shooting, racking, searing, burning, consuming, astute, shrewd, razor-sharp, quick, quick-witted, agile, nimble, ingenious, clever, intelligent, bright, brilliant, smart, canny, intuitive, discerning, perceptive, perspicacious, insightful, sagacious, wise, judicious, good, sensitive, subtle, spearlike, v-shaped, tapering, tapered, cone-shaped, conic, conical, sharp-cornered, wedge-shaped, edged, jagged, spiky, spiked, barbed, high, soprano, treble, falsetto, shrill, piping, acute accent, ague
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “acute” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| acute accent | A mark (‘) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation. |
| ague | A mark (‘) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “acute” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| acuate | Sharp, pointed; needle-like. |
| agile | Able to think and understand quickly. An agile mind. |
| astute | Having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one’s advantage. An astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease. |
| awful | Inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence. I felt awful for being so angry with him. |
| bad | Feeling physical discomfort or pain tough is occasionally used colloquially for bad. Everything in the fridge went bad. |
| barbed | Having a barb or barbs. A fair degree of barbed wit. |
| bright | Made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing reflecting a sheen or glow. The bright sound of the trumpet section. |
| brilliant | Clear and sharp and ringing. The brilliant sound of the trumpets. |
| burning | Of immediate import. A burning building. |
| canny | Pleasant; nice. Canny investors will switch banks if they think they are getting a raw deal. |
| clever | Skilled at doing or achieving something; talented. You are a clever man you reason well and your wit is bold. |
| cone-shaped | Relating to or resembling a cone. |
| conic | Of a cone. Conical mountains. |
| conical | Relating to or resembling a cone. Conical mountains. |
| consuming | (of a feeling) completely filling one’s mind and attention; absorbing. Politics is his consuming passion. |
| critical | Marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws. Professors often find it difficult to encourage critical thinking amongst their students. |
| dire | Fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless- G.C.Marshall. The concert was dire. |
| discerning | Having or revealing keen insight and good judgment. The brasserie attracts discerning customers. |
| discriminating | Having or showing refined taste or good judgement. The discriminating eye of the connoisseur. |
| drastic | Forceful and extreme and rigorous. Drastic measures. |
| dreadful | Causing or involving great suffering, fear, or unhappiness; extremely bad or serious. She looked quite dreadful and she was struggling for breath. |
| edged | Having a cutting edge or especially an edge or edges as specified; often used in combination. Dried sweat left salt edged patches. |
| falsetto | Artificially high; above the normal voice range. A falsetto voice. |
| good | Useful, advantageous, or beneficial in effect. A good mechanic. |
| grave | Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm. Faced a grave decision in a time of crisis. |
| high | Used of sounds and voices high in pitch or frequency. The high priest. |
| incisive | Suitable for cutting or piercing. She was an incisive critic. |
| ingenious | Showing inventiveness and skill. An ingenious solution to the problem. |
| insightful | Exhibiting insight or clear and deep perception-R.C.Angell. Thank you for all the insightful comments. |
| intelligent | Endowed with the capacity to reason. An intelligent question. |
| intense | Extremely sharp or intense. An intense young woman passionate about her art. |
| intuitive | (chiefly of computer software) easy to use and understand. His intuitive understanding of the readers real needs. |
| jagged | Having a sharply uneven surface or outline. The jagged outline of the crags. |
| judicious | Having, showing, or done with good judgement or sense. Judicious use of one s money. |
| keen | (of a sense) highly developed. Bob makes it obvious he s keen on her. |
| knifelike | Cutting or able to cut as if with a knife. A narrow knifelike profile. |
| needlelike | Ending in a sharp point. |
| nimble | (of the mind) able to think and understand quickly. Nimble wits. |
| penetrating | (of a sound) clearly heard through or above other sounds. The students asked some penetrating questions. |
| penetrative | Able to make a way into or through something. Frequent penetrative observations. |
| perceptive | Having or showing sensitive insight. An extraordinarily perceptive account of their relationship. |
| perspicacious | Acutely insightful and wise. It offers quite a few facts to the perspicacious reporter. |
| piercing | Painful as if caused by a sharp instrument. She let out a piercing scream. |
| piping | High-pitched. The piping voice of a little girl. |
| profound | Coming from deep within one. Expressing profound truths in simple language. |
| quick | Moving quickly and lightly. Was quick to make friends. |
| quick-witted | Mentally nimble and resourceful. |
| racking | Causing great physical or mental suffering. |
| razor-sharp | Very clearly delineated. |
| sagacious | Having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgement; wise or shrewd. An astute and sagacious statesman. |
| searing | Severely critical. A searing indictment of the government s performance. |
| sensitive | (of a market) unstable and liable to quick changes of price because of outside influences. A sensitive voltmeter. |
| serious | Significant or worrying because of possible danger or risk; not slight or negligible. Marriage is a serious matter. |
| severe | Severely simple. The charges would have warranted a severe sentence. |
| sharp | Ending in a sharp point. Keep tools sharp. |
| sharp-cornered | Having sharp corners. |
| shooting | (of a pain) sudden and piercing. I often feel a shooting pain at the end of my left arm. |
| shrewd | Mischievous; malicious. A shrewd career move. |
| shrill | Of colors that are bright and gaudy. Shrill criticism. |
| smart | (of an object) bright and fresh in appearance. A smart blue skirt. |
| soprano | Having or denoting a high range. Soprano sax. |
| spearlike | Long and narrow with a sharp pointed end. Long spearlike leaves. |
| spiked | Having a long sharp point. |
| spiky | Having or as if having especially high-pitched spots. His hair was dark and spiky. |
| stabbing | (of a pain or sensation) sharp and sudden. A stabbing remark. |
| subtle | Arranged in an ingenious and elaborate way. The subtle fiend dissembled. |
| tapered | Becoming gradually narrower. Trousers with tapered legs. |
| tapering | Gradually decreasing until little remains. The five tapering fingers of her hand. |
| terrible | Causing or likely to cause terror; sinister. What a terrible mess. |
| treble | Three times as great or many. The boy still had a fine treble voice. |
| v-shaped | Shaped in the form of the letter V. |
| wedge-shaped | Narrowly triangular, wider at the apex and tapering toward the base. |
| wise | Sensible or prudent. She seems kind and wise. |
| acerbic | Sour or bitter in taste. His acerbic wit. |
| acrid | Harsh or corrosive in tone. An acrid smell. |
| acuity | A quick and penetrating intelligence. Intellectual acuity. |
| acutely | In an acute manner. Acutely aware. |
| biting | Causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold. A cream to ward off biting insects. |
| discriminating | Having or showing refined taste or good judgement. He became a discriminating collector and patron of the arts. |
| extreme | The highest or most extreme degree of something. An extreme conservative. |
| fang | Canine tooth of a carnivorous animal; used to seize and tear its prey. The dog was bounding towards him its fangs bared. |
| frenzied | Affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason- H.W.Carter. A frenzied attack. |
| incisive | Suitable for cutting or piercing. The songs offer incisive pictures of American ways. |
| intense | Extremely sharp or intense. Intense itching and burning. |
| keen | Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions. Bob makes it obvious he s keen on her. |
| keenness | A quick and penetrating intelligence. I admired the keenness of his mind. |
| manic | Frantically busy; hectic. Outbursts of drunken violence and manic activity and creativity. |
| penetrating | (of a person’s eyes or expression) reflecting an apparent ability to see into another’s mind; intense. Penetrating insight. |
| perceptive | Having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment. A perceptive observation. |
| piercing | (of a feeling) intense, typically in a distressing way. Piercing knifelike pains. |
| piquant | Attracting or delighting. A piquant tartare sauce. |
| pointed | Having a sharpened or tapered tip or end. A pointed critique. |
| pungent | Having a sharply strong taste or smell. The pungent taste of radishes. |
| scalpel | A thin straight surgical knife used in dissection and surgery. |
| scissors | Denoting an action in which two things cross each other or open and close like the blades of a pair of scissors. A dummy scissors from David Thomas deceived the opposition. |
| severe | Severely simple. The house suffered severe damage. |
| sharp | Of a key having a sharp or sharps in the signature. They were greeted by a young man in a sharp suit. |
| sharply | In a well delineated manner. Housing values have risen sharply. |
| shrewd | Used of persons. He was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow. |
| shrill | Make a shrill noise. A shrill gaiety. |
| sickle | A short-handled farming tool with a semicircular blade, used for cutting corn, lopping, or trimming. |
| thorny | Bristling with perplexities. Tangled thorny branches. |
| ultimate | A final or fundamental fact or principle. The ultimate constituents of anything that exists are atoms. |
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