acuteness

acuteness
n
1. sharpness, keenness, pointedness; acumination, cuspidation, spinousness.
2. intensity, exquisiteness, fierceness; poignancy, piquancy, pungency.
3. abruptness, suddenness, rapidness, extremity, precipitousness.
4. severity, criticalness, cruciality, momentousness, greatness, profoundness, importance, imperativeness.
5. penetration, astuteness, discernment, perception, intelligence, perspicacity; wit, cleverness, smartness, brightness, acuity, sharpness, ingeniousness, brilliance; wisdom, sagacity; keenness, clear-wittedness, keen-sightedness, discrimination, intuitiveness, judiciousness; shrewdness, cunning, artfulness, wiliness, craftiness.

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  • acuteness — noun a) The quality of being acute or pointed; as, the acuteness of an angle. b) The faculty of nice discernment or perception; sensitiveness; – applied to the senses, or the understanding. By acuteness of feeling, we perceive small objects or… …   Wiktionary

  • acuteness — noun 1. a sensitivity that is keen and highly developed dogs have a remarkable acuteness of smell • Hypernyms: ↑sensitivity, ↑sensitiveness, ↑sensibility 2. a quick and penetrating intelligence he argued with great acuteness I admired the… …   Useful english dictionary

  • acuteness — acute ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of something bad) critical; serious. 2) (of an illness) coming sharply to a crisis. Often contrasted with CHRONIC(Cf. ↑chronicity). 3) perceptive; shrewd. 4) (of a physical sense or faculty) highly developed. 5) (of an… …   English terms dictionary

  • acuteness — noun see acute …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • acuteness — См. acuità 2 …   Пятиязычный словарь лингвистических терминов

  • acuteness — See acutely. * * * …   Universalium

  • acuteness — (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Intensity] Syn. forcefulness, severity, fierceness; see intensity 1 . 2. [Shrewdness] Syn. cleverness, keenness, astuteness; see acumen …   English dictionary for students

  • acuteness — a cute·ness || nɪs n. sharpness; astuteness; severity …   English contemporary dictionary

  • acuteness — n. 1. Sharpness, pointedness. 2. Acumen, shrewdness, penetration, sagacity, sagaciousness, astuteness, sharpness, brightness, perspicacity, discernment, ingenuity, mother wit, quick parts. 3. Severity, intensity, poignancy, violence. 4. Highness …   New dictionary of synonyms

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