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acuto — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • acute adj Sudden and severe, especially describing an illness or pain.
  • insightful adjective Showing a clear, perceptive understanding of something.
  • perceptive adj Quick to notice or understand things; showing sharp insight.
  • poignant adj Deeply moving, often with a touch of sadness.
  • sharp adj Having a fine edge or point that can cut or pierce easily.
  • shrill adj High-pitched and sharp, often unpleasantly so.
  • smart adjective Intelligent; quick to learn or understand.

Senses

acuto is used for these senses in English:

  • high-pitched Of a sound, having a high pitch.
  • insightful Possessing insight; percipient. [from 20th c.]
  • perceptive Having or showing keenness or sharpness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition.
  • poignant Neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant.
  • poignant (figuratively, of a look, word) Incisive; penetrating; piercing.
  • quickwitted Mentally keen and alert.
  • sharp (colloquial) Intelligent.
  • sharp Forming a small or tight angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.

acute — full definition

  1. adj Sudden and severe, especially describing an illness or pain.
  2. adj Very sharp, intense, or perceptive.
  3. adj Geometry: describing an angle that measures less than 90 degrees.

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