Definition of acute

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Acute (a.) Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; -- opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf..

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Sensitive :: Sensitive (a.) Having quick and acute sensibility, either to the action of external objects, or to impressions upon the mind and feelings; highly susceptible; easily and acutely affected..
Brighten :: Brighten (a.) To make acute or witty; to enliven.
Cuteness :: Cuteness (n.) Acuteness; cunning.
Treble :: Treble (a.) Acute; sharp; as, a treble sound..
Argute :: Argute (a.) Sagacious; acute; subtle; shrewd.
Subaduncate :: Subacute (a.) Moderalely acute.
Sting :: Sting (v. t.) To pain acutely; as, the conscience is stung with remorse; to bite..
Floccillation :: Floccillation (n.) A delirious picking of bedclothes by a sick person, as if to pick off flocks of wool; carphology; -- an alarming symptom in acute diseases..
Discrimination :: Discrimination (n.) The quality of being discriminating; faculty of nicely distinguishing; acute discernment; as, to show great discrimination in the choice of means..
Roseola :: Roseola (n.) A rose-colored efflorescence upon the skin, occurring in circumscribed patches of little or no elevation and often alternately fading and reviving; also, an acute specific disease which is characterized by an eruption of this character; -- called also rose rash..
Oxygon :: Oxygon (n.) A triangle having three acute angles.
Acute :: Acute (v. t.) To give an acute sound to; as, he acutes his rising inflection too much..
Three-pointed :: Three-pointed (a.) Having three acute or setigerous points; tricuspidate.
Stitch :: Stitch (v. i.) A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle; as, a stitch in the side..
Decussative :: Decussative (a.) Intersecting at acute angles.
Oxytone :: Oxytone (n.) A word having the acute accent on the last syllable.
Oxytone :: Oxytone (n.) An acute sound.
Cold :: Cold (n.) Not sensitive; not acute.
Deaden :: Deaden (a.) To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a sound..
Paroxytone :: Paroxytone (a.) A word having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable.
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