Word Meaning

acute definition and meaning

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.

Crossword clues for acute

- A charming accent
- A lovable type of accent
- accent mark
- An angle less than 90 degrees
- Current truck is very important
- Excruciating (pain)
- Extremely sharp or intense
- Highly perceptive
- Intense
- Keen
- Keen (sense)
- Keenly perceptive
- Less than 90 degrees (angle)
- Less than 90° (angle)
- Severe
- Severe (pain)
- Severe; angle of less than 90 degrees
- Sharp
- Sharp (pain)
- Sharp at the end
- Sharp copper ate outside
- Sharp or severe
- Sharp reduction in empty arcade