| Main Entry: | aciculate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pointed |
Synonyms: |
acerate, acerose, acicular, aciculated, acuminate, acute, cuspated, cuspidated, mucronate, needle-shaped, pointy, sharp |
| Main Entry: | acute |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having a sharp end or point |
Synonyms: |
acicular, aciculate, acuminate, acuminous, cuspate, cuspidate, knifelike, needle-shaped, peaked, piked, pointed, sharpened, spiked |
| Notes: | acute is used for a sudden onset and short duration; chronic is for conditions that are slow to develop and of long duration acute is an angle of less than 90 degrees; obtuse is one of more than 90 degrees chronic is contrasted with acute as chronic pain persists over a longer period of time than acute pain and is resistant to most medical treatments |
Antonyms: |
blunt, dull |
| Main Entry: | pointed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having a sharp end or part |
Synonyms: |
acicular, aciculate, acuminate, acuminous, acute, arrowlike, barbed, cornered, cuspidate, edged, fine, keen, mucronate, peaked, piked, pointy, pronged, sagittal, sagittate, sharp, sharp-cornered, spiked |
Antonyms: |
blunt, dull |
| Main Entry: | sharp |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | knifelike, cutting |
Synonyms: |
aciculate, acuate, acuminate, acuminous, acute, apical, barbed, briery, cuspate, cuspidate, edged, fine, ground fine, honed, horned, jagged, keen, keen-edged, knife-edged, needle-pointed, needlelike, peaked, pointed, pointy, prickly, pronged, razor-sharp, salient, serrated, sharp-edged, sharpened, spiked, spiky, spiny, splintery, stinging, tapered, tapering, thorny, tined, tipped, unblunted, whetted |
Antonyms: |
blunt, dull |
| Main Entry: | slender |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thin |
Synonyms: |
abstemious, acicular, aciculate, delicate, faint, feeble, fragile, frail, frugal, gracile, inconsiderable, lank, lanky, lean, lissome, lithe, lithesome, little, meager, minute, narrow, outside, plain, remote, scant, skinny, slight, slim, small, spare, spindling, svelte, tenuous, trim, trivial, weak, willowy, wiry, wispy |
Antonyms: |
fat, plump |
| Main Entry: | aciculated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pointed |
Synonyms: |
acerate, acerose, acicular, aciculate, acuminate, acute, cuspated, cuspidated, mucronate, needle-shaped, pointy, sharp |
| Main Entry: | cuspate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pointed |
Synonyms: |
aciculate, aciculated, acuminate, acute, cuspated, cusped, cuspidate, cuspidated, cusplike, pointy, sharp |
| Main Entry: | cuspated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pointed |
Synonyms: |
aciculate, aciculated, acuminate, acute, cuspate, cusped, cuspidate, cuspidated, cusplike, pointy, sharp |
| Main Entry: | cuspidate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pointed |
Synonyms: |
aciculate, aciculated, acuminate, acute, cuspate, cuspated, cusped, cuspidated, cusplike, pointy, sharp |
| Main Entry: | cuspidated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pointed |
Synonyms: |
aciculate, aciculated, acuminate, acute, cuspate, cuspated, cusped, cuspidate, cusplike, pointy, sharp |