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(adjective) having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing; "a sharp knife"; "a pencil with a sharp point" |
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Antonyms: dull |
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(adjective) keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point; "a sharp pain"; "sharp winds" |
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Antonyms: dull |
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(satellite adjective) quick and forceful; "a sharp blow" |
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(satellite adjective) very sudden and in great amount or degree; "a sharp drop in the stock market" |
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(adjective) (music) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone; "C sharp" |
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Antonyms: flat, natural |
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(satellite adjective) harsh; "sharp criticism"; "a sharp-worded exchange"; "a tart remark" |
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Synonyms: sharp-worded, tart |
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(noun) a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point |
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Related Words: sewing needle |
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(noun) a notation indicating one half step higher than the note named |
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Related Words: musical notation |
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(satellite adjective) marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; "a smart businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow" |
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Synonyms: astute, shrewd |
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(adverb) changing suddenly in direction and degree; "the road twists sharply after the light"; "turn sharp left here" |
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Synonyms: sharply |
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(satellite adjective) (of something seen or heard) clearly defined; "a sharp photographic image"; "the sharp crack of a twig"; "the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot" |
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Synonyms: crisp |
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(satellite adjective) extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop" |
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Synonyms: abrupt, precipitous |
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(satellite adjective) high-pitched and sharp; "piercing screams"; "a shrill whistle" |
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Synonyms: piercing, shrill |
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(satellite adjective) very penetrating and clear and sharp in operation; "an incisive mind"; "a keen intelligence"; "of sharp and active intellect" |
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Synonyms: incisive, keen |
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(satellite adjective) ending in a sharp point |
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Synonyms: acuate, acute |
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(satellite adjective) sour or bitter in taste |
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Synonyms: acerb, acerbic, astringent |
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(satellite adjective) having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations" |
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Synonyms: acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing |
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