Thesaurus: acute

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1. a. Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; -- opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. a. High, or shrill, in respect to some other sound; -- opposed to grave or low; as, an acute tone or accent.
5. a. Attended with symptoms of some degree of severity, and coming speedily to a crisis; -- opposed to chronic; as, an acute disease.
6. v. t. To give an acute sound to; as, he acutes his rising inflection too much.
7. adj. having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course
8. adj. extremely sharp or severe
9. adj. having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
10. adj. of an angle; less than 90 degrees
11. adj. ending in a sharp point
12. adj. of critical importance and consequence