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acuteness

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Synonyms and Antonyms of acuteness

1 a harsh or sharp quality

judging by the acuteness in his tone when he congratulated me, I think he was actually quite resentful that I won

Synonyms of acuteness

acerbity, acidity, acidness, acridity, acridness, acrimoniousness, acrimony, asperity, bite, bitterness, edge, harshness, keenness, poignance, poignancy, pungency, roughness, sharpness, tartness

Words Related to acuteness

ginger, punch, spice, tang

raucousness, severeness, severity, shrillness, virulence, vitriol

cattiness, maliciousness

pointedness, thorniness

Near Antonyms of acuteness

gentleness, kindliness

Antonyms of acuteness

mildness, softness

2 the state or quality of being able to sense slight impressions or differences

the acuteness of the bird's eyesight is amazing

Synonyms of acuteness

acuity, delicacy, keenness, perceptiveness, perceptivity, sensitiveness, sensitivity, sharpness

Words Related to acuteness

hyperacuity, hypersensitiveness, hypersensitivity, oversensitiveness, oversensitivity, supersensitivity

accuracy, exactitude, exactness, fineness

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