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