Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Acute.
4 letter answer(s) to acute
DIRE
causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"
fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; "a desperate illness"; "on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"- G.C.Marshall; "a dire emergency"
KEEN
a funeral lament sung with loud wailing
express grief verbally; "we lamented the death of the child"
having a sharp cutting edge or point; "a keen blade"
having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "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"
intense or sharp; "suffered exquisite pain"; "felt exquisite pleasure"
painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; "a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "lancinating pain"
very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"
7 letter answer(s) to acute
EXTREME
beyond a norm in views or actions; "an extreme conservative"; "an extreme liberal"; "extreme views on integration"; "extreme opinions"
far beyond a norm in quantity or amount or degree; to an utmost degree; "an extreme example"; "extreme temperatures"; "extreme danger"
most distant in any direction; "the extreme edge of town"
of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity; "extreme cold"; "extreme caution"; "extreme pleasure"; "utmost contempt"; "to the utmost degree"; "in the uttermost distress"
the furthest or highest degree of something; "he carried it to extremes"
the point located farthest from the middle of something
INTENSE
(of color) having the highest saturation; "vivid green"; "intense blue"
extremely sharp or intense; "acute pain"; "felt acute annoyance"; "intense itching and burning"
possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense"
6 letter answer(s) to acute
SEVERE
causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm;
intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality;
severely simple;
unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment;
very bad in degree or extent;
very strong or vigorous;
5 letter answer(s) to acute
SHARP
(of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone; "C sharp"
(of something seen or heard) clearly defined; "a sharp photographic image"; "the sharp crack of a twig"; "the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot"
a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point
a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named
changing suddenly in direction and degree; "the road twists sharply after the light"; "turn sharp left here"; "the visor was acutely peaked"; "her shoes had acutely pointed toes"
ending in a sharp point
extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop"
harsh; "sharp criticism"; "a sharp-worded exchange"; "a tart remark"
having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "
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