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ACUITY |
Sharpness |
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WIT |
Mental sharpness |
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ACRITY |
Sharpness; keenness. |
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ASPERITY |
Sharpness of tone |
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QUICKNESS |
Sharpness; pungency of taste. |
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SHRILLNESS |
Sharpness and intensity of tone |
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BRIGHTNESS |
Acuteness (of the faculties); sharpness 9wit. |
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DULL |
To deprive of sharpness of edge or point. |
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EDGE |
Sharpness; readiness of fitness to cut; keenness;
intenseness of desire. |
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BLUNTNESS |
Want of edge or point; dullness; obtuseness; want of
sharpness. |
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BITTER |
Characterized by sharpness, severity, or cruelty; harsh;
stern; virulent; as, bitter reproach. |
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PEAK |
To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look
thin or sicky. |
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SEVERITY |
Harshness; cruel treatment; sharpness of punishment; as,
severity practiced on prisoners of war. |
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ACRIMONY |
Sharpness or severity, as of language or temper;
irritating bitterness of disposition or manners. |
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ACUTENESS |
The quality of being acute or pointed; sharpness; as,
the acuteness of an angle. |
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ACIDITY |
The quality of being sour; sourness; tartness; sharpness
to the taste; as, the acidity of lemon juice. |
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FINENESS |
Keenness or sharpness; as, the fineness of a needle's
point, or of the edge of a blade. |
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FLATNESS |
Depression of tone; the state of being below the true
pitch; -- opposed to sharpness or acuteness. |
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PUNGENCY |
The quality or state of being pungent or piercing;
keenness; sharpness; piquancy; as, the pungency of ammonia. |
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OUTGAZE |
To gaze beyond; to exceed in sharpness or persistence
of seeing or of looking; hence, to stare out of countenance. |
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POINTED |
Characterized by sharpness, directness, or pithiness of
expression; terse; epigrammatic; especially, directed to a particular
person or thing. |
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GRIPE |
The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water,
having a tendency to make her keep a good wind. |