DICTOMETER

IVRIG (Norwegian for "acute")

(acute, agog, anxious, assiduous, caustic, eager, eagerly, emulative, gruff, keen, mordant, sedulous, sharp, solicitous, worried, zealous, acre, ansiosamente, ansioso, ardiente, asiduo, receloso, solícito, ávidamente)

1. Synonyms:
   • Acute accent
   • Acute
   • Ague
   Definitions:
   • a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Acute
   Definitions:
   • having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course
   Examples:
   • Acute appendicitis
   • The acute phase of the illness
   • Acute patients
   Antonyms:
   • CHRONIC
   • degenerative
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Acute
   • Intense
   Definitions:
   • extremely sharp or intense
   Examples:
   • Acute pain
   • Felt acute annoyance
   • Intense itching and burning
   Antonyms:
   • Dull
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Acute
   • Discriminating
   • Incisive
   • Keen
   • Knifelike
   • Penetrating
   • Penetrative
   • Piercing
   • Sharp
   Definitions:
   • having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
   Examples:
   • 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
   Antonyms:
   • Unperceptive
   • Unperceiving
   
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Acute
   Definitions:
   • of an angle
   • less than 90 degrees
   Antonyms:
   • OBTUSE
   
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Acuate
   • Acute
   • Sharp
   • Needlelike
   Definitions:
   • ending in a sharp point
   Antonyms:
   • Pointless
   • Unpointed
   
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Acute
   Definitions:
   • of critical importance and consequence
   Examples:
   • An acute (or critical) lack of research funds
   Antonyms:
   • Noncritical
   • Noncrucial