Results for acute
Definitions of acute:
part of speech: adjective
Sharp- pointed; mentally keen; quick of perception; severe, as pain or symptoms attending a disease; high in pitch; shrill.
part of speech: noun
Acuteness.
part of speech: adjective
Sharp- pointed: keen: opp. of dull: shrewd: shrill.
part of speech: adjective
Sharp; penetrating; opposed to dull or stupid.
part of speech: adverb
Acutely.
Usage examples for acute:
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" In my opinion there is no acute necessity for the place to be kept going, as you express it.
"Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate", Charles Turley -
She got up, tenderly placed the foot on the ground and tried her weight on it, which caused acute pain.
"Betty Zane", Zane Grey -
The food question is becoming acute but they will last through here.
"Face to Face with Kaiserism", James W. Gerard -
I cried out in acute distress, 'No, no, no, no, Tom, pray don't let her- dear little girl!
"Aylwin", Theodore Watts-Dunton