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a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point harsh; "sharp criticism"; "a sharp-worded exchange"; "a tart remark" unpleasant having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing; "a sharp knife"; "a pencil with a sharp point" carnassial, cutting, edged, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrative, sharpened, razor-sharp keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point; "a sharp pain"; "sharp winds" acute, cutting, fulgurating, scratching, salt quick and forceful; "a sharp blow" forceful very sudden and in great amount or degree; "a sharp drop in the stock market" sudden raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone; "C sharp" changing suddenly in direction and degree; "the road twists sharply after the light"; "turn sharp left here" (of something seen or heard) clearly defined; "a sharp photographic image"; "the sharp crack of a twig"; "the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot" distinct marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; "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" smart high-pitched and sharp; "piercing screams"; "a shrill whistle" high very penetrating and clear and sharp in operation; "an incisive mind"; "a keen intelligence"; "of sharp and active intellect" intelligent extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop" steep ending in a sharp point pointed sour or bitter in taste sour having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent pene perceptive |
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