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:

• " 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