acute

acute has 13 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• 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.
• n.. a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
• a.. having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course; "acute appendicitis"; "the acute phase of the illness"; "acute patients"
• a.. of critical importance and consequence; "an acute (or critical) lack of research funds"
• a.. extremely sharp or intense; "acute pain"; "felt acute annoyance"; "intense itching and burning"
• a.. having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations"
• a.. ending in a sharp point