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acute

English

  1. 🔊 having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course
    “acute appendicitis”
  2. 🔊 of critical importance and consequence
    “an acute (or critical) lack of research funds”
  3. 🔊 extremely sharp or severe
    “acute pain”
  4. 🔊 having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
    “an acute observer of politics and politicians”
  5. 🔊 of an angle
  6. 🔊 ending in a sharp point
  7. 🔊 a mark placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation

Spanish

  1. 🔊 agudo acute
  2. 🔊 perspicaz acute
  3. 🔊 agudo acute, sharp (sensitive)
  4. 🔊 agudo acute, sharp, witty, keen (intelligent)

Similar words

acute accent ague intense discriminating incisive keen knifelike penetrating penetrative piercing sharp acuate sharp needlelike machiavellian machiavellic absorbing acanthoid acanthous accurate acicular acrid active acuate