This city will suffer from an acute water shortage unless it rains soon.
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Acute
/əˈkjuːt/
Synonyms for "acute" (347 found)
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diplomaticdirediscerningdiscriminatingdistressingdouble edgeddouble-edgeddrasticdynamicear piercingear-piercingedgedenergeticenterprisingenthusiasticexcessiveexcruciatingexigentexorbitantexquisite
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Adjective(1 words)
Verb(2 words)
Noun(2 words)
intense disgustintense emotion
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peppyperceptivepercipientperilousperspicaciousperspicuouspervadingpiercingpipingpivotalpoignantpointedpoliticprecariousprecisepressingpricklyprobingprofoundprongedprovidentpungentquickquick-wittedrackingrazor-edgedreadyreedyresourcefulrigorousrobustroughsagacioussageschemingscreakyscreechingscreechysensitiveseriousserpentinesetsevereshallsharpsharp-pointedsharp-sightedsharp-wittedshiftyshootingshrewdshriekingshriekyshrillslickslipperyslysmackingsmartsmoothsnakysnappysneakysophisticalsorespankingspasmaticspasmicspasmodicspiculatespikedspikyspinedspinousspinyspiritedsplittingsqueakingsqueakystabbingstealthystingingstrategicstrenuousstrongsubtilesubtlesuddensuppletactfultacticaltake chargetake-chargetake-overtaperedtaperingterriblethinthreateningtinedtinnytoothedtormentingtorturoustoughtrebletrenchanttrickishtricksytrickytwo-edgedululantunbatedunconscionableunderstandingurgentvehementvenomousvibrantvigilantvigorousviolentvirulentvivaciousvividvulpinewailingwarywhiningwhistlingwilywisezestfulzestyzippy
Adjective(11 words)
needlelikepenetratingpenetrativeperceptivepiercingpiercing critiquepointierseveresharp incenseshrewdstrongest
Noun(6 words)
Verb(1 words)
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4 entriesacute hearingacute painacute stresskeen vision
Collocations
6 entriesacute angleacute awarenessacute illnessacute observeracute painacute sense
Inflections
2 entriesmore acutemost acute
Derivations
2 entriesAntonyms
2 entriessimilar
5 entriesSample sentences
48 total sentences available.
I have an acute pain here.
Source: tatoeba (61775)
A dog has an acute sense of smell.
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An acute lack of funds is holding up the plan.
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