acute
/əˈkjut/ adjective B2- Brief, quick, short. · It was an acute event.
- High or shrill. · an acute accent or tone
- Intense; sensitive; sharp. · She had an acute sense of honour· Eagles have very acute vision.
- Urgent. · His need for medical attention was acute.
- With the sides meeting directly to form an acute angle (at an apex or base).
- Less than 90 degrees. · The teacher pointed out the acute angle.
- Having all three interior angles measuring less than 90 degrees. · an acute triangle
- Of an accent or tone: generally higher than others.
Comparative acuter · Superlative acutest
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de Boville retired with this exclamation, after expressing acute sympathy with the father.
Douglas, and that she would display acute uneasiness if her absent husband should ever be particularly late in his return.
He gnawed his lip, drummed his fingers upon the table, and showed every other symptom of acute impatience.
My limbs were weary and stiff, for I feared to change my position; yet my nerves were worked up to the highest pitch of tension, and my hearing was so acute that I could not only hear the gentle breathing of my companions, but I could distinguish the deeper, heavier in-breath of the bulky Jones from the thin, sighing note of the bank director.
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