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acute

/əˈkjuːt/
noun

  1. A person who has the acute form of a disorder, such as schizophrenia.

  2. An accent or tone higher than others.

  3. An acute accent (´).

    "The word ‘cafe’ often has an acute over the ‘e’."

Antonymsgrave
verb

  1. To give an acute sound to.

    "He acutes his rising inflection too much."

  2. To make acute; to sharpen, to whet.

adjective

  1. Brief, quick, short.

    "It was an acute event."

    Similar: fast, rapid

  2. High or shrill.

    "an acute accent or tone"

  3. Intense, sensitive, sharp.

    "She had an acute sense of honour.  Eagles have very acute vision."

    Similar: keen, powerful, strong

Synonymsacute-angled, emergent, pressing, sudden, fast, rapid
Antonymschronic, dull, obtuse, slow, witless, grave

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