The Clue
Extreme (5 letter answer)
The Answer
ACUTE
Tags
Notes
The answer ACUTE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 140 puzzles.
Related Clues
Critical
Crucial
Dire
Grave
Intense
Keen
Penetrating
Perceptive
Perspicacious
Severe
Sharp
Shrewd
Angle type
Critical or crucial
Critical, as a shortage
Not chronic
Obtuse's opposite
Opposite of obtuse
Quite sharp
Sharp as a tack
Very perceptive
Well-tuned
Demanding urgent action
Less than right
Less than right?
Less than 90 (degrees)
Less than 90 degrees
Of less than 90 degrees
Sharper than 90 degrees
Definition
ACUTE as a noun:
1. (acute accent, acute, ague) = a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
ACUTE as an adjective:
1. having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course; "acute appendicitis"; "the acute phase of the illness"; "acute patients"
2. (acute, intense) = extremely sharp or intense; "acute pain"; "felt acute annoyance"; "intense itching and burning"
3. (acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp) = 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"
4. of an angle; less than 90 degrees
5. (acuate, acute, sharp, needlelike) = ending in a sharp point
6. of critical importance and consequence; "an acute (or critical) lack of research funds"