acute
adjective (EXTREME) /əˈkjuːt/Definition
› If a bad situation is acute, it causes severe problems or damage: She felt acute embarrassment/anxiety/concern at his behaviour. The problem of poverty is particularly acute in rural areas.Serious and severeSevere › An acute pain or illness is one that quickly becomes very severe: acute abdominal pains an acute attack of appendicitisDisease and illness - general words acuteness /-nəs/ noun [U] PerceptiveUsing the eyesIntelligence
(Definition of acute adjective (EXTREME) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- acutely adverb (EXTREMELY)
- chronic adjective (BAD)
- critical adjective (SERIOUS)
- desperate adjective (SERIOUS)
- dire adjective
- egregious adjective
- fatal adjective
- gravity noun (SERIOUS)
- grievous adjective
- heaviness noun (TO A GREAT DEGREE)
- heavy adjective (TO A GREAT DEGREE)
- matter noun (SITUATION)
- mortal adjective
- serious adjective (BAD)
- seriously adverb (BADLY)
- severe adjective (VERY SERIOUS)
- severity noun (NOT KIND)
- stiffness noun (SEVERE)
- swingeing adjective
- utmost adjective
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