🇬🇧 Acute meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

Acute means having a very sharp mind that notices tiny details and small differences, and can judge or understand things very accurately. A person with an acute sense of hearing, for example, can hear very quiet sounds. Someone with an acute mind can quickly figure out what is going on, even when the clues are small or tricky.

My friend’s sense of drama is more acute than his sense of direction; he can find trouble faster than he can find his house.

Thanks to her acute sense of taste, she could tell the soup contained exactly two carrots, one potato, and zero love.

The coach’s eyes were so acute he could see who was actually tired and who was just dramatically flopping around.

My little cousin has such acute emotional radar that he appears every time someone opens a bag of chips anywhere in the house.

Doctors call very sudden and intense sickness or pain an acute condition, which is funny because my acute dislike of broccoli feels exactly like a medical emergency.

She had an acute eye. At the fair an acute ear caught a child's quiet whimper. Her acute mind linked a tiny scuffed shoe to a boy by the green bench. Her acute gaze darted between faces; her acute look found the child sleeping behind a stall. She smiled, led him back, and the crowd sighed.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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