acutes
Marks slanting rightward
Acutes is the plural of acute, referring to multiple instances of the accent mark (´) placed over vowels in various languages: The word "café" has an acute.
In medical contexts, acutes can refer to patients with acute conditions or the conditions themselves: The ER was full of acutes that night.
Sharpness of perception
- edgeBoundary or sharpness
- pointedTapering to a tip
- incisiveSharply analytical
- piercingPenetrating or very sharp
penetrating · cutting · trenchant · razor-sharp · biting · honed · sharpened · whetted
Regional speech pattern
- graveSerious and worrying
- circumflexPeaked accent mark
- tildeWavy diacritical mark
- umlautDouble-dot diacritical mark
cedilla · breve · diaeresis · stress mark · glyph · typography · orthography
keenness
Sharpness of perception
piercing · penetrating · cutting · trenchant · razor-sharp · biting · honed · sharpened · whetted · angular
accent
Regional speech pattern
- graveSerious and worrying
- circumflexPeaked accent mark
- tildeWavy diacritical mark
umlaut · cedilla · breve · diaeresis · stress mark · glyph · typography · orthography
- acute angleBelow ninety degrees
- acute painSevere, sudden discomfort
- acute careUrgent medical intervention
- acute anxietyIntense, overwhelming worry
- acute trianglePolygon with three sub-90° corners
- acute stressSudden severe psychological tension
acute, acutely, acuteness, acuter, acutest, acute pain, acute care, acute angle