SHARPNESS

n. 1. Keenness of an edge or point; as the sharpness of a razor or a dart.
2. Not obtuseness.
3. Pungency; acidity; as the sharpness of vinegar.
4. Pungency of pain; keenness; severity of pain or affliction; as the sharpness of pain, grief or anguish.
5. Painfulness; afflictiveness; as the sharpness or calamity.
And the best quarrels in the heat are curst
By those that feel their sharpness. Shak.
6. Sverity of language; pungency; satirical sarcasm; as the sharpness of a satire or rebuke.
Some did all folly with just sharpness blame. Dryden.
7. Acuteness of intellect; the power of nice discernment; quickness of understanding; ingenuity; as sharpness of wit or understanding.
8. Quickness of sense or perception; as the sharpness of sight.
9. Keenness; sverity as the sharpness of the air or weather.

SHARPNESS

Sharp "ness, n. Etym: [AS. scearpness.]

sharpness

sharp ness |ˈSHärpnis | ▶noun the quality or state of being sharp: the sweet flavor contrasts with the sharpness of the lemon | his health and mental sharpness declined.

sharpness

sharp |ness |ˈʃɑːpnəs | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the quality or state of being sharp: the sweet flavour contrasts with the sharpness of the lemon | his health and mental sharpness declined.

sharpness

sharpness noun 1 the pain came again, with a sharpness that made her cry out: intensity, severity, acuteness, keenness, violence, fierceness, ferocity. 2 she felt thankful for her jacket's protection against the sharpness of the wind: chilliness, chill, briskness, coldness, keenness, iciness, bitterness, harshness. ANTONYMS warmth, balminess. 3 he winced slightly at the sharpness in her voice: harshness, asperity, bitterness, acerbity, acidity, tartness, edge. ANTONYMS kindness, friendliness. 4 focusing needs to be done carefully to obtain maximum sharpness: clarity, definition, precision, crispness. ANTONYMS blurriness. 5 the sharpness of his mind: acuity, acuteness, keenness, sharp-wittedness, quick-wittedness, perceptiveness, discernment, percipience, penetration, discrimination, cleverness, shrewdness, astuteness, intelligence, intuitiveness, agility, nimbleness; informal savvy. ANTONYMS dullness.

sharpness

sh á rp ness 名詞 U 1 鋭さ .2 賢さ ; 鋭敏さ .3 厳しさ .4 鮮明さ .5 (風味などが )刺激的な [さわやかな ]こと .