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The synonyms of “Sharp” are: crisp, astute, shrewd, abrupt, precipitous, shrill, acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp-worded, tart, acuate, needlelike, razor-sharp, pointed, tapering, tapered, spiky, excruciating, agonizing, intense, violent, stabbing, shooting, stinging, severe, fierce, searing, tangy, piquant, strong, acrid, burning, pungent, loud, high-pitched, high, harsh, strident, bitter, hard, cutting, scathing, caustic, biting, barbed, trenchant, mordant, acrimonious, acerbic, acid, sarcastic, sardonic, ill-tempered, spiteful, venomous, malicious, vitriolic, vicious, hurtful, nasty, unkind, cruel, wounding, abusive, heartfelt, very great, overpowering, distinct, clear-cut, clear, well defined, well focused, sudden, rapid, tight, angular, perceptive, observant, sharp-sighted, beady, discerning, percipient, perspicacious, sensitive, quick, quick-witted, clever, intelligent, intuitive, bright, agile, nimble, alert, quick off the mark, ready, apt, fine, probing, searching, insightful, knowing, canny, smart, stylish, fashionable, chic, modish, elegant, spruce, acutely, sharply, precisely, exactly, abruptly, suddenly, all of a sudden, unexpectedly, swindle, defraud, cheat, fleece, exploit
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “sharp” as a verb can have the following definitions:
cheat | Be sexually unfaithful. I wish someone had told me my partner was cheating on me. |
defraud | Illegally obtain money from (someone) by deception. She defrauded the customers who trusted her. |
exploit | Use or manipulate to one’s advantage. These workers are at particular risk of being exploited in the workplace. |
fleece | Cover as if with a fleece. The sky was half blue half fleeced with white clouds. |
swindle | Obtain (money) fraudulently. He swindled me out of my inheritance. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “sharp” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
abrupt | Surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner. An abrupt reply. |
abusive | Engaging in or characterized by habitual violence and cruelty. Abusive punishment. |
acerbic | (especially of a comment or style of speaking) sharp and forthright. An acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose. |
acid | Having the characteristics of an acid. She was stung into acid defiance. |
acrid | Strong and sharp. Her acrid remarks make her many enemies. |
acrimonious | (typically of speech or discussion) angry and bitter. An acrimonious dispute about wages. |
acuate | Ending in a sharp point. |
acute | Denoting or designed for patients with an acute form of a disease. An acute housing shortage. |
agile | Moving quickly and lightly. An agile mind. |
agonizing | Extremely painful. An agonizing death. |
alert | Quick to notice any unusual and potentially dangerous or difficult circumstances; vigilant. Caught by a couple of alert cops. |
angular | Having angles or an angular shape. Angular chairs. |
apt | Quick to learn. He is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant. |
astute | Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence. An astute businessman. |
barbed | Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. A fair degree of barbed wit. |
beady | Small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button. A beady eyed observer. |
biting | (of wit or criticism) harsh or cruel. He leant forward to protect himself against the biting wind. |
bitter | Marked by strong resentment or cynicism. Bitter about the divorce. |
bright | Not made dim or less bright. The bright stars of stage and screen. |
burning | On fire. The burning question of independence. |
canny | Pleasant; nice. She s a canny lass. |
caustic | Sarcastic in a scathing and bitter way. Caustic jokes about political assassination talk show hosts and medical ethics. |
chic | Elegantly and stylishly fashionable. She looked every inch the chic Frenchwoman. |
clear | Clear and distinct to the senses easily perceptible. Clear glass. |
clear-cut | Clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible. |
clever | Quick to understand, learn, and devise or apply ideas; intelligent. Too clever to be sound. |
crisp | (of a fruit or vegetable) firm and juicy. A crisp lettuce. |
cruel | Causing pain or suffering. People who are cruel to animals. |
cutting | Capable of cutting something. A cutting remark. |
discerning | Having or revealing keen insight and good judgment. A discerning reader. |
discriminating | Showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste. The discriminating eye of the connoisseur. |
distinct | Recognizable; marked. A distinct flavor. |
elegant | Suggesting taste, ease, and wealth. An elegant comfortable house. |
excruciating | Extremely painful. Excruciating back pain. |
fashionable | Popular and considered appealing or fashionable at the time. Fashionable clothes. |
fierce | Having or displaying an intense or ferocious aggressiveness. The fire door had a fierce pneumatic return. |
fine | Characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment. Fine flyaway hair. |
hard | Unfortunate or hard to bear. Times were hard at the end of the war. |
harsh | (of reality or a fact) grim and unpalatable. Drenched in a harsh white neon light. |
heartfelt | Earnest. Heartfelt condolences. |
high | Of a singer or instrument producing notes of relatively high pitch. People in high places. |
high-pitched | Set at a sharp or high angle or slant. |
hurtful | Harmful to living things. Her hurtful unconsidered words. |
ill-tempered | Annoyed and irritable. |
incisive | (of a person or mental process) intelligently analytical and clear-thinking. The songs offer incisive pictures of American ways. |
insightful | Exhibiting insight or clear and deep perception-R.C.Angell. I don t have anything insightful to say about that. |
intelligent | (of a device or building) able to vary its state or action in response to varying situations and past experience. An intelligent question. |
intense | Extremely sharp or intense. Intense pain. |
intuitive | (chiefly of computer software) easy to use and understand. His intuitive understanding of the readers real needs. |
keen | Intense or sharp. We offer extremely keen rates. |
knifelike | Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions. Piercing knifelike pains. |
knowing | Showing or suggesting that one has knowledge or awareness that is secret or known to only a few people. Knowing instructors. |
loud | Used chiefly as a direction or description in music loud with force. There were loud protests from the lumber barons. |
malicious | Having the nature of or resulting from malice- Rudyard Kipling. The transmission of malicious software such as computer viruses. |
modish | In the current fashion or style. It seems sad that such a scholar should feel compelled to use this modish jargon. |
mordant | Harshly ironic or sinister. Fun ranging from slapstick clowning to savage mordant wit. |
nasty | Very bad or unpleasant. A nasty shock. |
needlelike | Ending in a sharp point. |
nimble | Moving quickly and lightly. Nimble fingers. |
observant | Quick to notice or perceive things. Her observant eye took in every detail. |
overpowering | Extremely strong or intense; overwhelming. A feeling of overpowering sadness. |
penetrating | (of a person’s eyes or expression) reflecting an apparent ability to see into another’s mind; intense. The students asked some penetrating questions. |
penetrative | Having or showing clear insight. Frequent penetrative observations. |
perceptive | Of or relating to perception. A perceptive observation. |
percipient | Having good insight or understanding; perceptive. A percipient author. |
perspicacious | Having a ready insight into and understanding of things. Much too perspicacious to be taken in by so spurious an argument. |
piercing | Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions. I recall one moment of piercing sadness. |
piquant | Attracting or delighting. A piquant face with large appealing eyes. |
pointed | Having a sharpened or tapered tip or end. A pointed critique. |
precipitous | Done with very great haste and without due deliberation- Shakespeare- Arthur Geddes. The track skirted a precipitous drop. |
probing | Inquiring closely into something; searching. The surgeon s careful probing fingers. |
pungent | (of comment, criticism, or humour) having a sharp and caustic quality. Pungent satire. |
quick | Moving quickly and lightly. Quick of foot. |
quick off the mark | Apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity. |
quick-witted | Mentally nimble and resourceful. |
rapid | (of an action) characterized by great speed. They lost three wickets in rapid succession. |
razor-sharp | As sharp as a razor. |
ready | Keen or quick to give. Every time I rang up she was ready with some excuse. |
sarcastic | Expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds. Making sarcastic comments. |
sardonic | Grimly mocking or cynical. Starkey attempted a sardonic smile. |
scathing | Marked by harshly abusive criticism. His scathing remarks about silly lady novelists. |
searching | Diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation. You have to ask yourselves some searching questions. |
searing | Having lost all moisture. A searing pain. |
sensitive | (of a market) unstable and liable to quick changes of price because of outside influences. He was suspected of passing sensitive information to other countries. |
severe | Severely simple. A severe worldwide depression. |
sharp-sighted | Having very keen vision. |
sharp-worded | Harsh. |
shooting | Moving or growing quickly. I often feel a shooting pain at the end of my left arm. |
shrewd | Having or showing sharp powers of judgement; astute. A shrewd career move. |
shrill | Being sharply insistent on being heard. A shrill whistle. |
smart | (of clothes) attractively neat and stylish. You look very smart. |
spiky | Having or as if having especially high-pitched spots. She sounded spiky and defensive. |
spiteful | Showing or caused by malice. A truly spiteful child. |
spruce | Marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners. |
stabbing | Painful as if caused by a sharp instrument. A stabbing remark. |
stinging | (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character. A swarm of stinging insects. |
strident | Being sharply insistent on being heard. Strident demands. |
strong | Relating to or denoting the strongest of the known kinds of force between particles which acts between nucleons and other hadrons when closer than about 10 cm so binding protons in a nucleus despite the repulsion due to their charge and which conserves strangeness parity and isospin. A play full of strong language. |
stylish | Fashionably elegant and sophisticated. The stylish resort of Gstadd. |
sudden | Occurring or done quickly and unexpectedly or without warning. A sudden decision. |
tangy | Having a strong, piquant flavour or smell. A tangy salad. |
tapered | Becoming gradually narrower. Trousers with tapered legs. |
tapering | Becoming thinner or narrower towards one end. Long tapering fingers. |
tight | Pressed tightly together. They stood in a tight little group. |
trenchant | Vigorous or incisive in expression or style. A trenchant argument. |
unkind | Lacking kindness. The unkindest cut of all. |
venomous | (of an animal, especially a snake) secreting venom, or capable of injecting venom by means of a bite or sting. The venomous tone of her voice. |
very great | Precisely as stated. |
vicious | Immoral. Vicious kicks. |
violent | Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions inclined to react violently fervid. A violent noise. |
vitriolic | Filled with bitter criticism or malice. Vitriolic outbursts. |
well defined | Resulting favorably. |
well focused | Resulting favorably. |
wounding | Causing physical injury. Most wounding to her was the loss of her independence. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “sharp” as an adverb can have the following definitions:
abruptly | In a rude or curt manner. The forested terrain ascends abruptly. |
acutely | Changing suddenly in direction and degree. An acutely inflamed gall bladder. |
all of a sudden | To a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole’ is often used informally for `wholly. |
exactly | Used as a reply to confirm or agree with what has just been said. They met in 1989 and got married exactly two years later. |
precisely | Exactly (used to emphasize the complete accuracy or truth of a statement. She always expressed herself precisely. |
sharply | With a sudden and marked change; dramatically. The road twists sharply after the light. |
suddenly | On impulse; without premeditation. Suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her side. |
unexpectedly | In a way that was not expected. He died unexpectedly of a heart attack. |
acuity | Sharpness or keenness of thought, vision, or hearing. Intellectual acuity. |
acute | Denoting or designed for patients with an acute form of a disease. Felt acute annoyance. |
acutely | Having a rapid onset. We are all acutely aware of the fragility of our world. |
appreciative | Having or showing appreciation or a favorable critical judgment or opinion. The team are very appreciative of your support. |
astute | Having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one’s advantage. An astute businessman. |
awl | A small pointed tool used for piercing holes, especially in leather. |
biting | (of wit or criticism) harsh or cruel. A biting aphorism. |
canny | Having or showing shrewdness and good judgement, especially in money or business matters. Canny investors will switch banks if they think they are getting a raw deal. |
clipper | Shears for cutting grass or shrubbery (often used in the plural. A set of hair clippers. |
crafty | Marked by skill in deception. They are looking for crafty people to join the group to make ornaments. |
diacritical | (of a mark or sign) serving to indicate different pronunciations of a letter above or below which it is written. |
discerning | Quick to understand- Nathaniel Hawthorne. A discerning reader. |
discriminating | Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions. The discriminating eye of the connoisseur. |
hock | Any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany hock is British usage. |
incisive | Suitable for cutting or piercing. The most incisive move of a tight match. |
insightful | Exhibiting insight or clear and deep perception. I don t have anything insightful to say about that. |
keen | Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions. Ear splitting explosive bursts keen and sharp. |
keenness | A positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something. He has expressed his keenness to retain his job. |
penetrating | Tending to penetrate; having the power of entering or piercing. Her penetrating gaze. |
perceptive | Having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment. A perceptive eye. |
piercing | A small hole in a part of the body, typically other than the ears, made so as to insert a ring, stud, or other piece of jewellery. Piercing knifelike pains. |
pointed | Having a point. A pointed allusion to what was going on. |
pungent | Strong and sharp. He has expressed some fairly pungent criticisms. |
razor | Cut with a razor. The tapered cut is razored to give movement. |
scissors | A gymnastic exercise performed on the pommel horse when the gymnast moves his legs as the blades of scissors move. A dummy scissors from David Thomas deceived the opposition. |
shrewd | (of a blow) severe. A shrewd career move. |
shrill | Utter a shrill cry. A concession to their shrill demands. |
sickle | A short-handled farming tool with a semicircular blade, used for cutting corn, lopping, or trimming. |
trident | A three-pronged spear, especially as an attribute of Poseidon (Neptune) or Britannia. |
understanding | Characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy. My understanding was that he would find a new supplier. |
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