acuate
[ak-yoo-it, -eyt]
/ ˈæk yu ɪt, -ˌeɪt /
ADJECTIVE
gnawing
Synonyms
Antonyms
ADJECTIVE
knifelike
Synonyms
WEAK
aciculate
acuminate
acuminous
acute
apical
barbed
briery
cuspate
cuspidate
edged
fine
gnawing
ground fine
honed
horned
jagged
keen
keen-edged
knife-edged
lancinating
needle-pointed
needlelike
peaked
piercing
pointed
pointy
prickly
pronged
razor-sharp
salient
serrated
sharp-edged
sharpened
shooting
spiked
spiky
spiny
splintery
stabbing
stinging
tapered
tapering
thorny
tined
tipped
unblunted
whetted
ADJECTIVE
lancinating
Synonyms
WEAK
aciculate
acuminate
acuminous
acute
apical
barbed
briery
cuspate
cuspidate
edged
fine
gnawing
ground fine
honed
horned
jagged
keen
keen-edged
knife-edged
knifelike
needle-pointed
needlelike
peaked
piercing
pointed
pointy
prickly
pronged
razor-sharp
salient
serrated
sharp-edged
sharpened
shooting
spiked
spiky
spiny
splintery
stabbing
stinging
tapered
tapering
thorny
tined
tipped
unblunted
whetted
ADJECTIVE
sharp
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
WEAK
Antonyms
ADJECTIVE
stabbing
Synonyms
Antonyms
Example Sentences
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Nothing doeth so moche sharpe and acuate the witte and capacitée of any one, as this kinde of exercise.
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