Acute Synonyms & Definitions

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• AcuteDefinition & Meaning in English

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.

• AcutenessDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) The quality of being acute or pointed; sharpness; as, the acuteness of an angle.
2. (n.) The faculty of nice discernment or perception; acumen; keenness; sharpness; sensitiveness; -- applied to the senses, or the understanding. By acuteness of feeling, we perceive small objects or slight impressions: by acuteness of intellect, we discern nice distinctions.
3. (n.) Shrillness; high pitch; -- said of sounds.
4. (n.) Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis.