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[ adjective ] (of something seen or heard) clearly defined
Synonyms Examples "a sharp photographic image" "the sharp crack of a twig" "the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot" Used in print (Chester G. Starr, The Origins of Greek Civili...)These local variations were to become ever sharper in the next century and a half . (Christopher Davis, First Family....)His face was fuller ; his lips and the usually sharp lines of his jaw had become swollen looking . (Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)Where their sharp edges seemed restless as sea waves thrusting themselves upward in angry motion , Papa-san sat glacier like , his smooth solidity , his very immobility defying all the turmoil about him . The sharp ray was absorbed by a cloud , then reflected to the earth in a softer , diffused radiance . (Howard Fast, April Morning....)It was my initiation to war and the insane symphony war plays ; for what had happened on the common was only terror and flight ; but this grinning , broken head , not ten feet away from me , was the sharp definition of what my reality had become . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] ending in a sharp point
Used in print (Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)Where their sharp edges seemed restless as sea waves thrusting themselves upward in angry motion , Papa-san sat glacier like , his smooth solidity , his very immobility defying all the turmoil about him . (Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)Through the swathings of terror , she jabbed deceit 's sharp point - Amy would be reborn , a new child , with new parents , living under new circumstances . (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)The chevaux_de_frise , those sharp stakes and barriers around the fort at the Battery , pointed to a conflict between the town and sea_power rolling in glassy swells as the tide came_in . (Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)To his left , the two skiffs dented their sharp bows into the soft bank . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
Examples "an acute observer of politics and politicians" "incisive comments" "icy knifelike reasoning" "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang" "penetrating insight" Used in print (The Providence Journal...)There are some sharp and whipping lines and some hilariously funny situations - the best of the latter being a mass impromptu plunge into a nightclub tank where a `` mermaid '' is performing . (Howard Fast, April Morning....)The last thing in_the_world that resembled a war was our line of farmers and storekeepers and mechanics perched on top of a stone_wall , and this dashing rider made us feel a good_deal sharper and more alert to the situation . (James Thurber, "The Future, If Any, of Comedy,"...)`` Such_as ' sending the cat to guard the mice ' , or ' the falcon to protect the dove ' , or most terribly sharp of all , ' the human_being to save humanity '' ' . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
Examples "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" Used in print (The Providence Journal...)The dialogue is sharp , witty and candid - typical `` do n't eat the daisies '' material - which has stamped the author throughout her books and plays , and it was obvious that the Theatre-by-the-Sea audience liked it . (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)The horrifying humor , the specifically sexual embarrassment of the joke gone_wrong , the monstrous image of the fat man dressed_up as a whore dressing_up as a baby ; the epiphany of that quivering flesh ; the bringing_together around it of the secret liaison between indolent , mindless sensuality and sharp , shrewd talent , cleverness with an occasional touch of genius ( which , however , does not know `` how to attack the problem of suffering '' ) ; the miraculous way in which music , revelation and death are associated in a single instant - all this seems a triumph of art , a rather desperate art , in itself ; beyond itself , also , it evokes numerous and distant resonances from the entire body of Mann 's work . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] high-pitched and sharp
Examples "piercing screams" "a shrill whistle" Used in print (Arthur Miller, "The Prophecy," in The Best...)She even spoke differently when she was clean , and she was clean now for his departure and her voice clear and rather sharp . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] extremely steep
Synonyms Examples "an abrupt canyon" "the precipitous rapids of the upper river" "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings" "a sharp drop" Used in print (L. Don Leet and Florence J. Leet, editors, The World of...)Generally the first salvo of a tsunami is a rather sharp swell , not different enough from an ordinary wave to alarm casual observers . A sharp tremor was followed by a jerky roll . (The Family Fallout Shelter. Office of Civil and Defence...)Therefore , sharp turns in a shelter entrance will reduce radiation intensity inside the shelter . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] harsh
Synonyms Examples "sharp criticism" "a sharp-worded exchange" "a tart remark" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] very penetrating and clear and sharp in operation
Examples "an incisive mind" "a keen intelligence" "of sharp and active intellect" Used in print (Arlin Turner, "William Faulkner, Southern Novelist"...)Augustus_Baldwin_Longstreet , a preacher and a college and university president in four Southern states , published the earliest of these backwoods sketches and in the character Ransy_Sniffle , in the accounts of sharp horse-trading and eye gouging physical combat , and in the shockingly unliterary speech of his characters , he set an example followed by many after him . (Edward Jablonski, Harold Arlen Happy with the Blues....)He has also enjoyed a successful career as an entertainer ( his records have sold in the millions ) and is a sharp businessman . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point
Examples "a sharp pain" "sharp winds" Used in print (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)The sharp wind slapped at him and his feet felt like ice as the snow penetrated the holes of his shoes , his only ones , now patched with folded parchment . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] sour or bitter in taste
Synonyms Used in print (Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)I have no picture in my mind of the garden as_a_whole - that I could not see - but certain aspects of certain corners linger in the memory : wind-blown , frost-bitten , white chrysanthemums beneath a window , with their brittle brown leaves and their sharp scent of November ; ripe pears lying in long grass , to be turned_over by a dusty slippered foot , cautiously , lest bees still worked in the ragged , brown edged holes ; hot colored verbenas in the corner between the dining-room wall and the side porch , where we passed on_our_way to the pump with the half gourd tied to it as a cup by my grandmother for our childish pleasure in drinking from it . Related terms |
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[ adverb ] changing suddenly in direction and degree
Synonyms Examples "the road twists sharply after the light" "turn sharp left here" Used in print (Peter Field, Rattlesnake Ridge....)Clapping spurs to the bronc he set_off at a sharp canter , with growing alarm . |
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[ adjective ] having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing
Examples "a sharp knife" "a pencil with a sharp point" Used in print (William S. Haymond, "Is Distance an Original...)( 1 ) When an object was placed in the patient 's hand , he had no difficulty determining whether it was warm or cold , sharp or blunt , rough or smooth , flexible , soft , or hard ; and he could tell , simply by the feel of it , whether it was made of wood , iron , cloth , rubber , and_so_on . Related terms dull knifelike incisive cutting carnassial penetrative sharpened razor-sharp keen edged pointed sharpness |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 332
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[ adjective ] very sudden and in great amount or degree
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[ noun ] (music) a notation indicating one half step higher than the note named
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[ noun ] a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point
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