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Shrill :: Shrill (v. i.) To utter an acute, piercing sound; to sound with a sharp, shrill tone; to become shrill..

Insight :: Insight (n.) Power of acute observation and deduction; penetration; discernment; perception.

Acute-angled :: Acute-angled (a.) Having acute angles; as, an acute-angled triangle, a triangle with every one of its angles less than a right angle..

Sting :: Sting (v. t.) Anything that gives acute pain, bodily or mental; as, the stings of remorse; the stings of reproach..

Sharp-sighted :: Sharp-sighted (a.) Having quick or acute sight; -- used literally and figuratively.

Phrenitis :: Phrenitis (n.) Inflammation of the brain, or of the meninges of the brain, attended with acute fever and delirium; -- called also cephalitis..

Discernment :: Discernment (n.) The power or faculty of the mind by which it distinguishes one thing from another; power of viewing differences in objects, and their relations and tendencies; penetrative and discriminate mental vision; acuteness; sagacity; insight; as, the errors of youth often proceed from the want of discernment..

Flat :: Flat (superl.) Not sharp or shrill; not acute; as, a flat sound..

Shrill :: Shrill (v. i.) Acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound; -- said of a sound, or of that which produces a sound..

Incisive :: Incisive (a.) Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument; cutting; hence, sharp; acute; sarcastic; biting..

Squeak :: Squeak (v. i.) To utter a sharp, shrill cry, usually of short duration; to cry with an acute tone, as an animal; or, to make a sharp, disagreeable noise, as a pipe or quill, a wagon wheel, a door; to creak..

Flatness :: Flatness (n.) Depression of tone; the state of being below the true pitch; -- opposed to sharpness or acuteness.

Brightness :: Brightness (n.) Acuteness (of the faculties); sharpness 9wit.

Sleep :: Sleep (v. i.) A natural and healthy, but temporary and periodical, suspension of the functions of the organs of sense, as well as of those of the voluntary and rational soul; that state of the animal in which there is a lessened acuteness of sensory perception, a confusion of ideas, and a loss of mental control, followed by a more or less unconscious state..

Copland :: Copland (n.) A piece of ground terminating in a point or acute angle.

Obtuse :: Obtuse (superl.) Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; dull; stupid; as, obtuse senses..

Oxygon :: Oxygon (n.) A triangle having three acute angles.

Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Affecting the sense as if pointed or cutting, keen, penetrating, acute: to the taste or smell, pungent, acid, sour, as ammonia has a sharp taste and odor; to the hearing, piercing, shrill, as a sharp sound or voice; to the eye, instantaneously brilliant, dazzling, as a sharp flash..

Oxytone :: Oxytone (n.) A word having the acute accent on the last syllable.

Treble :: Treble (a.) Playing or singing the highest part or most acute sounds; playing or singing the treble; as, a treble violin or voice..

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