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- pronunciation:
kyut
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
of great severity or intensity.
The patient is experiencing acute pain in the abdomen.When the hunger pangs became acute, she allowed herself to eat a little.- synonyms:
- intense, severe
- antonyms:
- mild
- similar words:
- extreme, fierce, profound
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| definition 2: |
keen; sharp; sensitive.
A horse has an acute sense of hearing.She has an acute sensitivity to the feelings of others.- synonyms:
- discriminating, keen, penetrating, perspicacious, sensitive, sharp
- antonyms:
- dull
- similar words:
- astute, discerning, incisive, mordant, perceptive, pointed, pungent
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| definition 3: |
very critical; crucial.
There was an acute shortage of medical supplies at the field hospital.- synonyms:
- critical
- antonyms:
- negligible
- similar words:
- crucial, desperate, drastic, extreme, pressing, serious, severe, urgent
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| definition 4: |
of a disease, occurring suddenly, then rapidly progressing to a peak and coming shortly to an end. (Cf. chronic.)
Acute rheumatic fever can cause damage to the valves of the heart.Typhoid fever is an acute disease.- antonyms:
- chronic
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| definition 5: |
in geometry, of less than ninety degrees.
an acute angle- antonyms:
- obtuse
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| definition 6: |
sharp or pointed at the end.
- synonyms:
- acuminate, pointed
- antonyms:
- blunt, obtuse
- similar words:
- barbed, cuspidate, keen, peaked, sharp
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| definition 7: |
of a mark over vowels, indicating a certain stress or pronunciation. (See acute accent.)
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| related words: |
apt, bad, biting, calculating, clever, exquisite, fine, keen, penetrating, quick-witted, shrewd, sore, trenchant |
adverb + (adj.)acute
especially, increasingly, particularly
(adj.)acute
+ noun
airway,
angle,
anxiety,
appendicitis,
asthma,
attack,
awareness,
bout,
bronchitis,
care,
compartment,
condition,
consciousness,
cord,
crisis,
danger,
depression,
diarrhea,
dilemma,
discomfort,
disease,
disorder,
distress,
edema,
effect,
embarrassment,
emergency,
episode,
exacerbation,
exercise,
exposure,
facility,
failure,
fever,
fracture,
gastroenteritis,
hazard,
headache,
healthcare,
hepatitis,
hospital,
hospitalization,
housing,
illness,
infarction,
infection,
inflammation,
injury,
inpatient,
insight,
intervention,
intoxication,
leukaemia,
leukemia,
liver,
lung,
malnutrition,
media,
meningitis,
necrosis,
need,
nerve,
observation,
observer,
obstruction,
oedema,
onset,
otitis,
pain,
paralysis,
perception,
pesticide,
phase,
pneumonia,
poisoning,
psychosis,
reaction,
rehabilitation,
rejection,
response,
sense,
sensitivity,
setting,
shortage,
sickness,
sinusitis,
smell,
stage,
stress,
stroke,
symptom,
syndrome,
tension,
thrombosis,
toxicity,
trauma,
triangle,
unit,
virus,
vision
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| derivations: |
acutely (adv.), acuteness (n.) |
The word acute
contains the following part:
ac, acr, acer
Latin
root
that means sharp, bitter, sour
  Example words:
acerbic, acerbity, acid, acidic, acidulate, acidulous, acrid, acrimony, acuity, acupuncture, acute
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