acute

Adjective
  1. Having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course (synset 300044980)
    "acute appendicitis"; "the acute phase of the illness"; "acute patients"
    referred to in: medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
    similar to: subacute - less than acute; relating to a disease present in a person with no symptoms of it
  2. Extremely sharp or severe (synset 300806846)
    "acute pain"; "felt acute annoyance"; "intense itching and burning"
    similar to: sharp - keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point
    same as: intense
  3. Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions (synset 301748764)
    "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"
    similar to: perceptive - having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment
    same as: discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp
  4. Of an angle;
    Less than 90 degrees (synset 301817105)
  5. Ending in a sharp point (synset 301815474)
    similar to: pointed - having a point
    same as: acuate, needlelike, sharp
  6. Of critical importance and consequence (synset 300653922)
    "an acute (or critical) lack of research funds"
    similar to: critical - being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency
Noun
  1. A mark placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation (synset 106835460)
    is a type of: accent, accent mark - a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
    same as: acute accent, ague

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