acuter

Adjective

acute (comparative acuter or more acute, superlative acutest or most acute)

1. Brief, quick, short.
   • It was an acute event.

   Synonyms:

   fast, rapid

   Antonyms:

   leisurely, slow

2. High or shrill.
   • an acute accent or tone

   Antonyms:

   grave

3. Intense; sensitive; sharp.
   • She had an acute sense of honour

   Synonyms:

   keen, powerful, strong, peracute

   Antonyms:

   dull, obtuse, slow, witless

4. Urgent.
   • His need for medical attention was acute.

   Synonyms:

   emergent, pressing, sudden

5. With the sides meeting directly to form an acute angle (at an apex or base).
   • 204. Eremophila abietina […] Corolla 23–35 mm long, cream or very pale lilac, lobes faintly metallic bluish green or lilac, tube occasionally brownish, prominently purple spotted; outer and inner surfaces glandular-pubescent; lobes acute, lobe of lower lip strongly reflexed.2007 April 24, R[obert] J[ames] Chinnock, “Taxonomic Treatment of the Family Myoporaceae R. Br.”, in Eremophila and Allied Genera: A Monograph of the Plant Family Myoporaceae, Dural Delivery Centre...

   Antonyms:

   obtuse, subacute

6. Less than 90 degrees.
   • The teacher pointed out the acute angle.

   Antonyms:

   obtuse

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