1. acute

adjective. ['əˈkjuːt'] extremely sharp or intense.

Rhymes with Acute

• disrepute
• undilute
• grassroot
• dispute
• compute
• absolut
• zoot-suit
• repute
• refute
• recruit
• permute
• minute
• impute
• degroote
• commute
• uproot
• stroot
• salute
• reroute
• pursuit
• pollute
• macoute
• hirsute
• enroute
• dilute
• caillouet
• cahouet
• cahoot
• beirut
• bebout

How do you pronounce acute?

Pronounce acute as əˈkjut.

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Sentences with acute

1. Adjective
An acute inner ear infection will come on suddenly and may leave quickly.

Quotes about acute

1. I think we all suffer from acute blindness at times. Life is a constant journey of trying to open your eyes. I'm just beginning my journey, and my eyes aren't fully open yet.
- Olivia Thirlby

2. One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute.
- William Lyon Phelps

3. True, nervous, very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am, but why will say that I am mad?! The disease had sharpened my senses, not destroyed, not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute.
- Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings

2. acute-angled_triangle

noun. a triangle whose interior angles are all acute.

3. acute

adjective. ['əˈkjuːt'] having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course.

4. acute

adjective. ['əˈkjuːt'] having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions.

5. acute

adjective. ['əˈkjuːt'] of critical importance and consequence.

6. acute

adjective. ['əˈkjuːt'] ending in a sharp point.

7. acute

noun. ['əˈkjuːt'] a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation.