English
Noun
Sharpness (countable and uncountable; plural Sharpnesses)
- (uncountable) the cutting ability of an edge; keenness
- (uncountable) the fineness of the point a pointed object
- (countable) The product or result of being sharp.
- (of food etc) pungency or acidity
- (of an image) distinctness, focus
- (of intelligence) acuteness or acuity
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Italian hand, abruptness, absolute zero, acerbity, acidity, acidness, acidulousness, acridity, acridness, acrimony, acuity, acuteness, adroitness, aggressiveness, agility, alacrity, alertness, algidity, animality, aptitude, aptness, arguteness, art, artfulness, artifice, asperity, astringence, astringency, astuteness, atonalism, atonality, atrocity, attention, attentiveness, barbarity, bearishness, beastliness, bite, bitingness, bitter pill, bitterness, bleakness, bloodlust, bluntness, boorishness, braininess, brashness, brightness, brilliance, briskness, brusqueness, brusquerie, brutality, cacophony, cageyness, callidity, canniness, causticity, causticness, cheerlessness, chic, chill, chilliness, churlishness, clear thinking, cleverness, clinker, clothes-consciousness, cold, coldness, comfortlessness, cool, coolness, coolth, corrosiveness, coxcombry, craft, craftiness, creakiness, crispness, crustiness, cryogenics, cryology, cunning, cunningness, curtness, cuttingness, dandyism, decrease in temperature, depression, destructiveness, dexterity, discomfort, discord, discordance, discordancy, disharmony, dismalness, dispatch, dissonance, dissonancy, dissonant chord, distress, distressfulness, dreariness, edge, elegance, esprit, expedition, expeditiousness, extremity, facetiousness, fierceness, fine Italian hand, finesse, flair, flatness, foppery, foppishness, force, foxiness, freezing point, freshness, frigidity, frostiness, funniness, furiousness, gall, gall and wormwood, gamesmanship, gelidity, genius, giftedness, gifts, grief, grievousness, grip, gruffness, guile, harshness, highness, humorousness, iciness, impetuosity, incisiveness, inclemency, ingeniousness, inharmoniousness, inharmony, inhumanity, insidiousness, intense cold, intensity, inventiveness, jauntiness, jocoseness, jocularity, joking, joshing, joylessness, keen-wittedness, keenness, lamentability, lamentation, low temperature, malignity, mental alertness, mercilessness, mercurial mind, mindlessness, mordacity, mordancy, mournfulness, murderousness, nastiness, native cleverness, nattiness, neatness, nimble mind, nimble-wittedness, nimbleness, nip, nippiness, nous, off note, one-upmanship, pain, painfulness, pathos, piercingness, pipingness, piquancy, pitiability, pitiableness, pitifulness, pitilessness, pleasantry, poignancy, point, promptitude, promptness, punctuality, pungency, quick parts, quick thinking, quick wit, quick-wittedness, quickness, rawness, readiness, ready wit, reediness, regrettableness, resourcefulness, rigor, roughness, sadness, saltiness, satanic cunning, savagery, savvy, screechiness, severity, sharp air, sharp-wittedness, shiftiness, shortness, shrewdness, shrillness, sleekness, sleeplessness, slipperiness, slyness, smartness, smarts, sneakiness, sophistry, sorrowfulness, sour note, sourness, speediness, spiffiness, sprightly wit, spryness, stabbingness, stealth, stealthiness, sting, stridence, stridency, stridor, stridulousness, stringency, subtilty, subtleness, subtlety, suppleness, surliness, swiftness, talent, tartness, teeth, terrorism, trenchancy, trickiness, trimness, truculence, tunelessness, ungentleness, unharmoniousness, unmusicality, untunefulness, vandalism, vehemence, venom, viciousness, violence, virulence, wakefulness, wariness, wiles, wiliness, wit, wittiness, woebegoneness, woefulness, wolf
Etymology
From sharp
Translations
cutting ability of an edge
