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more acute

adjective as in very important

adjective as in severe, intense

adjective as in having a sharp end or point

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Example Sentences

This sense of vulnerability is, of course, even more acute in micro-states like Jamaica.

And the faster our hurrying, the more acute our tunnel vision becomes.

My personal anxiety before I left the U.S. for Lebanon was much more acute than when I actually got there.

The euro crisis also follows the housing and derivative meltdown of 2008, and is that much more acute because of that context.

But Thompson will have the inward satisfaction that a more acute answer would have been vastly less politic.

But when we pass to the question of the extent of masturbation among girls, the differences become more acute.

The callous calm of the men mystified them; the weeping of their mothers made their miserable fear more acute.

As I had a continuous gnawing sensation in the stomach, I took it that he had the same, possibly more acute.

Not only are the pangs of such more acute, but the occasions of injury are infinitely multiplied by super-susceptibility.

The lad turned his head to the left: at that moment, another whistle, more acute and lower than the first, cut the air.

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On this page you'll find 235 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to acute, such as: intense, keen, sharp, subtle, sensitive, and smart.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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