Word Finder - acutest

definition

Brief, quick, short.

example

It was an acute event.

synonyms

• fast
• rapid

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High or shrill.

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an acute accent or tone

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Intense, sensitive, sharp.

example

She had an acute sense of honour.  Eagles have very acute vision.

synonyms

• keen
• powerful
• strong

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Urgent.

example

His need for medical attention was acute.

synonyms

• emergent
• pressing
• sudden

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With the sides meeting directly to form an acute angle (at an apex or base).

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Of an angle: less than 90 degrees.

example

The teacher pointed out the acute angle.

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Of a triangle: having all three interior angles measuring less than 90 degrees.

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an acute triangle

synonyms

• acute-angled

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Of an accent or tone: generally higher than others.

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Of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset, in contrast to delayed onset; this sense does not imply severity, unlike the common usage.

example

He dropped dead of an acute illness.

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Of a short-lived condition, in contrast to a chronic condition; this sense also does not imply severity.

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The acute symptoms resolved promptly.

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After a letter of the alphabet: having an acute accent.

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The last letter of ‘café’ is ‘e’ acute.

Froude, described by Newman as "one of the acutest, cleverest and deepest men" he ever met, was elected fellow.

Indeed, as one of the acutest and most sympathetic of his critics has remarked, the deep and settled grudge he has betrayed towards every form of Christian belief, in all the writings of his maturity, may be taken as evidence that he had at one time experienced in his own person at least some of the painful workings of a positive faith.

The cutting of the Gordian knot by Austria's annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and by the proclamation of the independence of Bulgaria, and of Prince Ferdinand's assumption of the old title of tsar (king), threatened to raise the Eastern Question once more in its acutest form.

The relation of noiimena to phenomena in the Kantian system is a most difficult one; and, in view of the fact that the acutest intellects of Europe have been engaged vainly for more than a century in reconciling the various passages on the subject, the safest conclusion is that they are irreconcilable.