Definitionadj. having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course
Last update: November 2, 2015
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There is an acute shortage of water in our area. [adjective]
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Her judgment is acute. [adjective]
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Dogs have an acute sense of smell. [adjective]
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These problems became acute during the Second World War. [adjective]
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Case Study A patient was admitted with an acute inferior myocardial infarction. [adjective]
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Those acute and long-practised senses, whose powers so often exceed the limits of all ordinary credulity, after having detected the danger, had enabled them to ascertain its magnitude and duration. [adjective]
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In these brief pauses, Heyward and the sisters listened, with senses rendered doubly acute by the danger, to detect any symptoms which might announce the proximity of their foes. [adjective]
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She knew how preternaturally acute Henriette's intellect had become in the rarified atmosphere of her mother's drawing-room, how accurate her memory, how sharp her ears, and how observant her eyes. [adjective]
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Both were men of ready and acute talent, and both were equally competent to combine various parts of evidence, and to deduce from them the necessary conclusions. [adjective]
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But her strong sense of duty and predominant feeling of loyalty will give new nerve to her mind after the immediate and acute sensation of this parting has passed away. [adjective]
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Now she knew where he was in hiding-and she tried to laugh, for the pain she felt seemed too acute and burning for tears to allay or cool it. [adjective]
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