acute

About 35.78 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Brief, quick, short.

   It was an acute event.

2. adjective High or shrill.

   an acute accent or tone

3. adjective Intense; sensitive; sharp.

   She had an acute sense of honour

4. adjective Urgent.

   His need for medical attention was acute.

5. adjective With the sides meeting directly to form an acute angle (at an apex or base).
6. adjective Less than 90 degrees.

   The teacher pointed out the acute angle.

7. adjective Having all three interior angles measuring less than 90 degrees.

   an acute triangle

8. adjective Of an accent or tone: generally higher than others.

Similar words

discriminating perceptive incisive intense critical keen penetrative penetrating piercing pointed

Often followed by

and myocardial or renal phase in respiratory pancreatitis pain

Word family

acutely acuteness acutenesses acuter acutest