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Meaning
Adj
●
Brief,
quick
, short.
●
High or shrill.
●
Intense;
sensitive
; sharp.
●
Urgent.
●
In Botany:
With the
sides
meeting
directly
to form an
acute angle
(at an
apex
or base).
●
In Geometry:
Less than 90 degrees.
●
In Geometry:
Having all three
interior angles
measuring
less than
90 degrees.
●
In Linguistics:
Of an
accent
or
tone
:
generally
higher than others.
●
In Phonology:
Sharp,
produced
in the front of the
mouth
. (See Grave and
acute
on Wikipedia.Wikipedia)
●
In 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.
●
In Medicine:
Of a
short-lived
condition
,
in contrast
to a
chronic
condition
; this
sense
also does not
imply
severity.
●
In Orthography:
After a
letter
of the
alphabet
: having an
acute
accent.
Noun
●
In Medicine:
A person who has the
acute
form of a
disorder
, such as schizophrenia.
●
In Linguistics:
An
accent
or
tone
higher than others.
●
In Orthography & Diacritical marks:
An
acute accent
(´).
Verb
●
In Phonetics:
To give an
acute
sound
to.
●
To make
acute
; to
sharpen
, to whet.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
acute
English
acutus
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Fast
Rapid
Keen
Powerful
Strong
Peracute
Emergent
Pressing
Sudden
Acute-Angled
Antonyms
Leisurely
Slow
Grave
Dull
Obtuse
Witless
Subacute
Obtuse-Angled
Chronic
Related
Severe
Debilitating
Chronic
Immediate
Intense
Profound
Idiopathic
Sepsis
Recurrent
Symptomatic
Iatrogenic
Cardiac
Urgent
Serious
Encephalopathy
Pain
Disease
Illness
Paroxysmal
Extreme
Systemic
Ischemic
Noticeable
Exacerbation
Asthma
Neonatal
Angina
Respiratory
Fulminant
Prolonged
Infection
Diabetes
Prevalent
Alarming
Autoimmune
Intermittent
Hospitalization
Uncontrolled
Infectious
Intractable
Pneumonia
Excruciating
Apparent
Episodic
Pronounced
Salient
Obvious
Inflammation
Excitotoxic
Significant
Haemorrhagic
Edema
Prominent
Problematic
Myocardial Infarction
Heart Failure
Myocardial Infarctions
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Rhymes
Ute
Tut
Oot
Moot
Soot
Rute
Coot
Lute
Loot
Root
Cute
Jute
Tute
Boot
Mute
Hoot
Zoot
W00t
Poot
Newt
Toot
Suit
Elute
Shoot
Beaut
Plute
Scoot
Route
Brute
Qyoot
Clute
Bruit
Glout
Glute
Butte
Chute
Acute
Flute
Fruit
Aleut
'Tute
Astute
Ablute
Impute
Refute
Dilute
Galoot
Beirut
Uncute
Uproot
Repute
Reboot
Minute
Salute
Depute
Reroute
Dispute
Versute
Compute
Reshoot
Hirsute
Pollute
Commute
Cheroot
Resolute
Disrepute
Convolute
Overshoot
Substitute
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