acute

Definition

  • adjective: very serious or dangerous
  • adjective: characterized by sharpness or severity
  • synonyms: machiavellian, machiavellic, absorbing

Examples

  • the 'acute' phase [=the most important and dangerous phase] of the struggle for independence

  • It's a politically 'acute' film that does not oversimplify the issues.

  • The word “café” is written with an 'acute' accent over the “e.”

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) What are you basing this on? There was no intent. The doctor's report says Santiago died of asphyxiation... brought on by acute lactic acidosis... and that the nature of the acidosis strongly suggests poison. I don't know what any of that means, but it sounds pretty bad. Santiago died at a.m. (..)
    1992 A Few Good Men