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Acute

  1. Brief, quick, short.

Synonyms: fast, rapid

Antonyms: leisurely, slow

  1. High or shrill.

Antonym: grave

  1. Intense, sensitive, sharp.

Synonyms: keen, powerful, strong

Antonyms: dull, obtuse, slow, witless

  1. Urgent.

Synonyms: emergent, pressing, sudden

  1. (botany) With the sides meeting directly to form an acute angle (at an apex or base).

Synonym: obtuse

  1. (geometry) Of an angle: less than 90 degrees.

Antonym: obtuse

  1. (geometry) Of a triangle: having all three interior angles measuring less than 90 degrees.

Synonym: acute-angled

Antonyms: obtuse, obtuse-angled

  1. (linguistics, chiefly historical) Of an accent or tone: generally higher than others.
  2. (medicine) Of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset, in contrast to delayed onset; this sense does not imply severity, unlike the common usage.
  3. (medicine) Of a short-lived condition, in contrast to a chronic condition; this sense also does not imply severity.

Antonym: chronic

  1. (orthography) After a letter of the alphabet: having an acute accent.