Unscramble acute

Definition of acute

adjective:

• having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course; "acute appendicitis", "the acute phase of the illness", "acute patients". Antonyms: chronic.
• extremely sharp or intense; "acute pain", "felt acute annoyance", "intense itching and burning". Synonyms: intense.
• having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians", "incisive comments", "icy knifelike reasoning", "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang", "penetrating insight", "frequent penetrative observations". Synonyms: discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp.
• of an angle; less than 90 degrees. Antonyms: obtuse.
• ending in a sharp point. Synonyms: acuate, needlelike, sharp.
• of critical importance and consequence; "an acute (or critical) lack of research funds".

noun:

• a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation. Synonyms: acute accent, ague.

Words nearby

acuate, cute, scute.

Rhymes with

astute, beirut, boot, brut, brute, butte, cahoot, chute, commute, compute, coot, cute, dilute, dilute, dispute, disrepute, flute, fruit, hirsute, hoot.