Meaning & use
acute
Very serious, severe, or intense, especially describing a problem, feeling, or sensation.
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The refugees faced an acute shortage of clean drinking water.
She felt an acute sense of loss after her grandmother's passing.
A note on using this word
In medicine, 'acute' means sudden and severe, as opposed to 'chronic,' which means long-lasting and gradual.
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Another way to use it
2. adjective
(of an angle) Measuring less than ninety degrees.
The triangle's smallest angle was acute, measuring only thirty degrees.
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