Word Meaning

Meaning of acute

- Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; -- opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf.
- Having nice discernment; perceiving or using minute distinctions; penetrating; clever; shrewd; -- opposed to dull or stupid; as, an acute observer; acute remarks, or reasoning.
- Having nice or quick sensibility; susceptible to slight impressions; acting keenly on the senses; sharp; keen; intense; as, a man of acute eyesight, hearing, or feeling; acute pain or pleasure.
- High, or shrill, in respect to some other sound; -- opposed to grave or low; as, an acute tone or accent.
- Attended with symptoms of some degree of severity, and coming speedily to a crisis; -- opposed to chronic; as, an acute disease.
- To give an acute sound to; as, he acutes his rising inflection too much.

Crossword clue for acute

- A charming accent
- A lovable type of accent
- accent mark
- Air conditioning provided to pick-up truck ... it’s critical
- An angle less than 90 degrees
- Current truck is very important
- Excruciating (pain)
- Extremely sharp or intense
- Gouda finally gets lovely and sharp
- Highly perceptive
- Intense
- Keen
- Keen (sense)
- Keenly perceptive
- Leader of Australia’s pretty extreme
- Less than 90 degrees (angle)
- Less than 90° (angle)
- Profound
- Severe
- Severe (pain)
- Severe; angle of less than 90 degrees
- Sharp
- Sharp (pain)
- Sharp at the end
- Sharp copper ate outside
- Sharp or severe
- Sharp reduction in empty arcade
- Sharp; dire
- Sharpe ache? Hospital making space for you ... rest at last!