Synonym: astute, discerning, keen, quick, shrewd, smart. Antonym: dull. Similar words: cute, execute, persecute, lacuna, acumen, vacuum, faculty, mea culpa. Meaning: [ə'kjuːt] 
n. a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation. adj. 1. having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course 2. extremely sharp or intense 3. having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions 4. of an angle; less than 90 degrees 5. ending in a sharp point 6. of critical importance and consequence.
n. a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation. adj. 1. having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course 2. extremely sharp or intense 3. having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions 4. of an angle; less than 90 degrees 5. ending in a sharp point 6. of critical importance and consequence. 
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(31) He is an acute observer of the social scene.
(32) Van Gogh suffered from acute persecution mania.
(33) The patient is complaining of acute earache.
(34) A period of acute depression can sometimes follow childbirth.
(35) Young children have a particularly acute sense of smell.
(36) He was in a state of acute depression.
(37) This acute infection of the brain is almost invariably fatal.
(38) Exorbitant housing prices have created an acute shortage of affordable housing for the poor.
(39) Her judgement is acute.
(40) The minister was praised for his acute political antennae .
(41) She still has very acute hearing(http://sentencedict.com), though she is eighty years old.
(42) It is universally acknowledged that dogs have an acute sense of smell.
(43) The allegations have been an acute embarrassment to the Prime Minister.
(44) The publication comes as the answer to an acute demand.
(45) In acute infections of the urinary tract the patient may suffer severe pain.
(46) The problem of poverty is particularly acute in rural areas.
(47) The rapid growth of population led to an acute shortage of housing.
(48) Peasant land hunger grew ever more acute as the population swelled.
(49) Most people with acute mental disorder can be treated at home.
(50) In the dark my sense of hearing becomes so acute.
(51) Patients were dying because of an acute shortage of nurses.
(52) They think his mother's illness is acute rather than chronic.
(53) He has an acute sense of priority.
(54) An acute attack of dizziness while doing my sit-ups.
(55) There are acute shortages of food and medical equipment.
(56) So will closing these hospitals improve acute care?
(57) De Tocqueville was an acute observer of American ways.
(58) We re licensed as an acute care facility.
(59) Patients suffering from acute depression may well need medication.
(60) Yet we continue to respond with an acute care system of high-technology hospitals and highly trained doctors.