Sharp

Definition: Sharp

Sharp

Adjective

1. (of something seen or heard) clearly defined; "a sharp photographic image"; "the sharp crack of a twig"; "the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot".

2. Ending in a sharp point.

3. 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 penetrative observations".

4. 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".

5. Harsh; "sharp criticism"; "a sharp-worded exchange"; "a tart remark".

6. High-pitched and sharp; "piercing screams"; "a shrill whistle".

7. Extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop".

8. Keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point; "a sharp pain"; "sharp winds".

9. Very penetrating and clear and sharp in operation; "an incisive mind"; "a keen intelligence"; "of sharp and active intellect".

10. : having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing; "a sharp knife"; "a pencil with a sharp point".

11. : sour or bitter in taste.

12. : (music) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone; "C sharp".

13. : very sudden and in great amount or degree; "a sharp drop in the stock market".

14. : quick and forceful; "a sharp blow".

Adverb

1. Changing suddenly in direction and degree; "the road twists sharply after the light"; "turn sharp left here".

Noun

1. A notation indicating one half step higher than the note named.

2. A long thin sewing needle with a sharp point.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "sharp" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Sharp \Sharp\, adjective. [Comparative Sharper; superlative Sharpest.]. (references)

Computing

Food & Agriculture

Literature

Slang in 1811

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Sharp

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Sharp

Activity

Quick, prompt, yare, instant, ready, alert, spry, sharp, smart; fast; (swift); quick as a lamplighter, expeditious; awake, broad awake; go-ahead, live wide-awake; (intelligent).

Cunning

Adjective: cunning, crafty, artful; skillful; subtle, feline, vulpine; cunning as a fox, cunning as a serpent; deep, deep laid; profound; designing, contriving; intriguing;Verb: strategic, diplomatic, politic, Machiavelian, timeserving; artificial; tricky, tricksy; wily, sly, slim, insidious, stealthy; underhand; (hidden); subdolous; deceitful; slippery as an eel, evasive; crooked; arch, pawky, shrewd, acute; sharp, sharp as a tack, sharp as a needle; canny, astute, leery, knowing, up to snuff, too clever by half, not to be caught with chaff.

Disapprobation

Satirical, sarcastic, sardonic, cynical, dry, sharp, cutting, biting, severe, withering, trenchant, hard upon; censorious, critical, captious, carping, hypercritical; fastidious; sparing of praise, grudging praise.

Discourtesy

Taint, sour, crabbed, sharp, short, trenchant, sarcastic, biting, doggish, caustic, virulent, bitter, acrimonious, venomous, contumelious; snarling; Verb: surly, surly as a bear; perverse; grim, sullen; a; peevish; (irascible).

Feeling

Warm, quick, lively, smart, strong, sharp, acute, cutting, piercing, incisive; keen, keen as a razor; trenchant, pungent, racy, piquant, poignant, caustic.

Intelligence Wisdom

Adjective: intelligent, quick of apprehension, keen, acute, alive, brainy, awake, bright, quick, sharp; quick witted, keen witted, clear witted, sharp- eyed, sharp sighted, sharp witted; wide-awake; canny, shrewd, astute; clear-headed; farsighted; discerning, perspicacious, penetrating, piercing; argute; quick-witted, nimble-witted, needle-witted; sharp as a needle, sharp as a tack; alive to; (cognizant); clever; (apt); arch; (cunning); pas si bete; acute.

Physical Energy

Adjective: strong, energetic, forcible, active; intense, deep-dyed, severe, keen, vivid, sharp, acute, incisive, trenchant, brisk.

Physical Sensibility

Acute, sharp, keen, vivid, lively, impressive, thin-skinned.

Pungency

Adjective: pungent, strong; high-, full-flavored; high-tasted, high-seasoned; gamy, sharp, stinging, rough, piquant, racy; biting, mordant; spicy; seasoned. Verb: hot, hot as pepper; peppery, vellicating, escharotic, meracious; acrid, acrimonious, bitter; rough. (sour); unsavory .

Skill

Clever, cute, able, ingenious, felicitous, gifted, talented, endowed; inventive; shrewd, sharp, on the ball; (intelligent); cunning; alive to, up to snuff, not to be caught with chaff; discreet.

Violence

Adjective: violent, vehement; warm; acute, sharp; rough, rude, ungentle, bluff, boisterous, wild; brusque, abrupt, waspish; impetuous; rampant.

Crosswords: Sharp

Still sharp. (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

Well he's got huge sharp, eh, he can leap about, look at the bones (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.)

Sharp rocks at the bottom (The Emperor's New Groove; writing credit: Chris Williams; Mark Dindal)

You're sharp. (The Invisible Man; writing credit: Craig Silverstein; Jonathan Glassner)

Is your blade as sharp as your tongue (Zorro, the Gay Blade; writing credit: Greg Alt; Hal Dresner)

Clear as a crystal, sharp as a knife (I Go To Extremes; performing artist: Billy Joel)

Girls as sharp as her are somethin' rare (Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter; performing artist: Herman's Hermits)

Sharp shooter into breakin’ hearts (Son Of A Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You); performing artist: Janet Jackson)

Be as sharp as a needle that's twisting your brain (If I Wanted To; performing artist: Melissa Etheridge)

Sharp! Like you pulled me out the pencil sharpener (Danger (Been So Long); performing artist: Mystikal)

A sharp tongue and a dull mind are usually found in the same head. (references; author: unknown)

Seth's sharp spacesuit shrank. (references; author: unknown)

Six sharp smart sharks. (references; author: unknown)

Becky Sharp (1935)

Sharp Tools (1928)

Broncho Billy and the Card Sharp (1915)

Mrs. Sharp and Miss Flat (1913)

Sharp Practice (1912)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Sharp Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Sharp S/A: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• Cryptograms to Keep You Sharp (reference)

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Periodicals

• Sharp County Historical Society Newsletter (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Blunt Force, Sharp Force, & Pattern Injury: Examination, Interpretation, Documentation (reference)

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Music

• Here Comes the Sharp Things (reference)

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High Tech

• Sharp VLA111U 8mm Viewcam with 3" Color LCD Screen (reference)

• Sharp VLAH151U Hi8 Viewcam W/ 3" Color LCD Screen, Picture in Picture & Remote Control (reference)

• Sharp Actius(TM) Notebook Computer (GP22W) (reference)

• Sharp 19" TV (CMR-10019) (reference)

• Sharp Home Theater Audio System (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Bounty Hunter Sharp Shooter II Metal Detector (reference)

• Henckels Twin Sharp Duo Knife Sharpener (reference)

• Stanley TR200 Pro Sharp Shooter Staple / Nail Gun (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Silverstein and Sharp Confer. Credit: NASA.

The Hubble telescope's sharp view of the rapid, spectacular dance of luminescent gases high in ... Credit: NASA.

Sharp hard coral shoreline at low tide. Credit: America's Coastlines.

A sharp mountain peak with cloud formed by orographic lifting of the air. A view from Lynn Canal. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Image #3 of sequence. In sharp contrast, by July 1998, a dramatic recovery had taken place. There is a well-developed cold tongue and a dramatic bloom of phytoplankton along the equator. High chlorophyll concentrations had not previously been observed over such a large area. Credit: Fisheries.

Ensigns Angie Messer and Angie Venturato keep a sharp lookout during a storm in the Gulf of Alaska. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Prickly Pear cacti in sharp focus in foreground with Agua Fria National Monument landscape out of focud in the background. Credit: Chris Tincher.

An arial view of the rangeland. Also, there is a sharp division from the land that is range seeded and where the sage brush starts. Credit: B. Kindschy.

Silverspoon acquired. / William Sharp. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

The Waiting room. / William Sharp. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Bruno was too sharp for us.

She had an undulating, but, oftentimes, a sharp and irregular movement

The pistol in cocking gave a little clear, sharp sound

asked the Tin Woodman. "That is proof that he is sharp," remarked the Lion

Thy woes will make them sharp and pierce like mine

They fell into silence, and the dark came and the stars were sharp and white

They climbed high trees, as nimbly as a squirrel, for they had strong extended claws before and behind, terminating in sharp points, and hooked

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

What it feels like — sharp, dull, throbbing, steady. (references)

Sharp, C.W., and Rosenberg, N. Inhalant-related disorders. (references)

To help produce a sharp image, the lens must remain clear. (references)

Business

Business competition is usually sharp in Taiwan. (references)

This is a sharp decrease from the annual growth rate of 7-8% in the preceding decade. (references)

Demand for leasing machinery and equipment has gone up, in sharp contract to demand for purchase. (references)

Children

China

An extensive health care delivery system has led to improved child health and a sharp decline in infant mortality rates. (references)

Belarus

However, continued high inflation and the sharp decline in the value of the ruble greatly reduced the real worth of those limited subsidies. (references)

Civil Liberties

Pakistan

The fear of large numbers of new refugees trying to enter the country coupled with absence of legalized asylum framework and the sharp economic competition with host communities led to a more restrictive admissions policy and a deterioration in protection for many refugees. (references)

Economic History

Finland

Prospects took a sharp downturn at the end of 2000, however. (references)

Tunisia

FOOD EXPORTS WERE WEAK, WITH A SHARP DROP IN OLIVE OIL SALES. (references)

Vanuatu

They are volcanic, with sharp mountain peaks, plateaus, and lowlands. (references)

Human Rights

Haiti

Human rights organizations reported a sharp increase of arbitrary arrests among the general population after the attacks. (references)

El Salvador

The Salvadoran Institute for the Protection of Children (ISPM) reported a sharp reduction of gang-related violence in youth corrections centers and an increased ability to implement education and reintegration programs following this change. (references)

Political Economy

RUSSIA

The objective of the CBR's exchange rate policy is to prevent sharp fluctuations. (references)

Political Rights

Maldives

Debate on the floor since the question period was instituted has become increasingly sharp and open. (references)

Malaysia

Nonetheless, government officials often faced sharp questioning in Parliament, although this was not always reported in detail in the mainstream press. (references)

Sri Lanka

In response to sharp criticism about the way that the 1999 vote was conducted, the President appointed a commission staffed by two retired judges to evaluate allegations of electoral fraud. (references)

Trade

Switzerland

Several cantonal banks experienced serious problems during the mid 1990's as a result of sharp declines in the real estate market. (references)

Sweden

Once further standards and security routines for the payment process are in place, a sharp increase in e-commerce trading can be expected. (references)

Guatemala

In early 1994, BANGUAT moved to a dirty float; BANGUAT still intervenes in the foreign exchange market to prevent sharp movements in the exchange rate. (references)

Travel

Qatar

House rents have witnessed a sharp increase (30 percent) in 1996-98, due to strong demand from foreign oil/gas companies. (references)

Thailand

Thailand's economic plunge in 1997 caused a sharp decline in the demand for telecommunications services that included landline telephone, cellular phone, radio communications, paging, and VSAT services . Consequently, planned investments in the expansion of 6 million landline telephones and cellular phones in the radio frequency ranges of 1500 and 1900-megahertz have been deferred . However, the installation of rural public long distance telephone lines and the installation of submarine fiber optic cable were not affected by the economic crisis. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Sharp pain

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Sharp

Expressions using "sharp": as sharp as a needle ♦ as sharp as a razor ♦ b sharp ♦ be sharp ♦ be sharp upon ♦ become sharp ♦ c sharp ♦ double sharp ♦ e sharp ♦ f sharp ♦ g sharp ♦ give a sharp reply ♦ have sharp ears ♦ keep a sharp lookout ♦ look sharp ♦ make a sharp turn ♦ not sharp ♦ sharp and clear ♦ sharp answer ♦ sharp APL ♦ sharp as a needle ♦ sharp as a razor ♦ sharp as a tack ♦ sharp attack ♦ sharp bend ♦ sharp contest ♦ Sharp County ♦ sharp criticism ♦ sharp cut ♦ sharp decline ♦ sharp edge ♦ sharp edged ♦ sharp edged gust ♦ sharp fall ♦ sharp night ♦ sharp pain ♦ sharp pointed ♦ sharp practice ♦ sharp practices ♦ sharp reproof ♦ sharp retort ♦ sharp rise ♦ sharp shooter ♦ sharp tongue ♦ sharp tongued ♦ sharp turn ♦ sharp walk ♦ sharp words ♦ sharp work ♦ shrill sharp ♦ sing sharp ♦ To brace sharp ♦ To brace up sharp ♦ To sharp up ♦ turn sharp right! ♦ visually sharp reproduction ♦ with a sharp blow. Additional references.

Beginning with "sharp": sharp-beaked, sharp-bladed, sharp-boned, sharp-cornered, sharp-crested, Sharp-cut, sharp-cutting edge, sharp-designed, sharp-draining, sharp-dressed, sharp-eared, sharp-edged, sharp-electrode, sharp-end, sharp-ended, sharp-eye, sharp-eyed, sharp-faced, sharp-fanged, sharp-featured, sharp-fingered, sharp-flat, sharp-focus, sharp-gabled, sharp-ground, sharp-jutting, sharp-knapped, sharp-limbed, sharp-looking, sharp-nosed, sharp-peaked, sharp-pinioned, sharp-pointed, sharp-practising, sharp-pronged, sharp-red, sharp-ribbed, sharp-sand, sharp-set, sharp-shooter, sharp-shooters, sharp-shooting, sharp-shouldered, sharp-sighted, sharp-sightedness, sharp-smelled, sharp-snapped, sharp-suited, sharp-tailed, sharp-tailed grouse, sharp-tasting, sharp-teeth, sharp-tempered, sharp-thorned, sharp-tipped, sharp-toed, sharp-toned, sharp-tongued, sharp-toothed, sharp-winged, Sharp-witted, sharp-witted person, sharp-worded.

Ending with "sharp": knife-sharp, needle-sharp, pin-sharp.

Containing "sharp": be sharp-set, razor-sharp-teeth, short-sharp-shock.

Afrikaans

presies (exactly). (various references)

Albanian

saktësisht (according to cocker, exactly, minutely, Pat, precisely, strictly, to the letter), i thekshëm (acute, penetrating, tart), ekzakt (prompt), fiks (fixed, promptly), finok (astute, cagey, crafty, cunning, politic, smart, wily), i acartë (bleak, chill, crisp), i fortë (able bodied, adamant, adamantine, brawny, cast iron, cogent, decuman, Doughty, durable, endurable, enduring, fast, fierce, firm, flinty, forceful, Hale, hard, Hardy, heavy duty, high pitched, intense, intensive, keen, lancinating, nervous, oaky, potent, powerful, red blooded, refractory, resistant, robust, rocky, rough, rugged, screamy, serviceable, smart, solid, sound, spanking, stable, staunch, steely, stentorian, stiff, stout, strong, sturdy, swashing, swingeing, tenable, tenacious, tough, two-fisted, vehement, vigorous, violent, virile, virulent, well-built, well-set), i mprehtë (acute, astute, bright, clairvoyant, Clarion, discerning, edgy, exquisite, fine, high, high pitched, incisive, ingenious, keen, keen-witted, knowing, nimble, penetrating, penetrative, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, piercing, piping, pointed, pungent, quick, ridged, ridgy, sagacious, salt, sharp cut, shrill, subtile, subtle, tart, trenchant), diez, i thartë (acetous, acid, acidulous, rough, sour, tart), thikë (abrupt, blade, knife, perpendicular, rugged, sharp pain, table knife), i zgjuar (apt, artful, astir, awake, awaken, bright, cagey, cagy, clever, exalted, ingenious, intelligent, nimble, quick, quick-witted, ready-witted, reasonable, responsible, sagacious, sharp-witted, sleepless, smart, wakeful, waking), me majë (peaked, pointed), pikërisht (absolutely, due, exactly, just, precise, precisely, strictly, very, very much so), tamam (due, even, exactly, flat, just, just the same, perfectly, precise, precisely, very), thep (bead, caustic, fidget, jag, viperous), therës (acid, acidly, acrimonious, acute, biting, butcher, caustic, cutting, dry, epigrammatic, executioner, exquisite, incisive, keen, nippy, penetrating, peppery, piercing, poignant, sharp cut, stinging, trenchant), i rrëpirët (bluff, hilly, precipitous, rapid, steep). (various references)

Arabic 

‏تماما (all, all right, alright, altogether, completely, decidedly, diametrically, enough, entirely, exactly, fairly, fully, in full, just, ok, okay, okey, perfectly, plumb, precisely, properly, quite, quite so, right, simply, smack, so far so good, stark, stock, thoroughly, through and through, totally, utterly, very, well, wholly, wide), ‏شحذ (be sharp, edge, grind, hone, quicken, sharpen, sharpening, stone, strop, whet, whetting), ‏رشيق (active, agile, airy, alert, brisk, clever, dapper, facile, fleet, fluent, fluid, graceful, lightsome, limber, lissom, lissome, lithe, lithesome, lively, merry, nimble, nippy, quick, ready, spry, svelte, swift, willowy, zippy), ‏رقيق (aerial, affectionate, airy, angelic, bland, bleeding heart, dainty, delicate, feminine, filmy, fine, flimsy, fluffy, fragile, frothy, gauzy, gentle, gingerly, gossamery, gracious, hearty, kind hearted, kindly, lovely, mellow, mincing, nice, orchidaceous, pastel, photogenic, piano, quiet, refined, romance, sloppy, smooth, soft-hearted, suave, subtle, sugary, superfine, tender, tenuous, thin, thinning, tilery, trick, warm, watery), ‏ثاقب (acute, boring, hand drill, keen, penetrating, perforator, piercing, sagacious), ‏أنيق (bijou, chic, classy, coxcomb, dainty, dapper, dashing, dinky, dressy, elegant, exclusive, fine, gallant, genteel, good looking, gracious, jaunty, ladylike, mincing, natty, neat, nice, perky, personable, posh, presentable, rich, saucy, seemly, smart, smug, sophisticated, spick and span, sporting, sportsmanlike, sporty, spruce, stylish, suave, swagger, swell, tailor made, taut, tidy, tight, trim, well groomed), ‏إبرة خياطة طويلة حادة الرأس, ‏ذكي (acute, agile, astute, brainy, bright, brilliant, clever, cute, dashing, fox, ingenious, intelligent, knowledgeable, luminous, natty, penetrating, quick, sagacious, sharp-witted, smart, wise, witty), ‏صارخ (blatant, crying, flamboyant, fortissimo, garish, gaudy, jarring, loud, lurid, noisy, outrageous, rank, showy, staring, trumpery, violent), ‏صارم (astringent, austere, disciplinary, dour, driving, exact, extreme, fast, firm, hard, hard and fast, hardheaded, inclement, puritan, ramrod, rigid, rigorous, rugged, searching, severe, stark, stern, stiff, strait, strict, stringent, swingeing, tight, tough, unrelenting, violent), ‏ضار (detrimental, felled, ferocious, fierce, hurtful, impish, injurious, malign, malignant, noisome, noxious, pernicious, pest, poisonous, predatory, prejudicial, rabid, rapacious, ravenous, savage, set, truculent, unhealthy, unwholesome, vicious), ‏طرف حاد, ‏علامة الرفع, ‏دقيق (accurate, careful, close, delicate, elaborate, exact, express, farina, fine, flour, inappreciable, infinitesimal, intangible, just, keen, mathematical, meal, nearness, nice, painstaking, particular, pernickety, precise, punctilious, punctual, rigorous, scrupulous, searching, sound, specific, straightforward, strict, ticklish, tiny, touchy, tricky, true, veracious), ‏سن (age, dent, hone, nib, notch, prong, tine, tooth), محدد (fixed), ‏حريف (acrid, cayenne, hot, nippy, piquant, poignant, pungent), ‏حاد (abrupt, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, avid, be sharp, biting, brisk, clear, cutting, exquisite, heavy, incisive, intense, intensified, intensive, keen, loud, nasal, penetrating, petulant, piercing, piquant, pithy, poignant, pointed, prompt, pronounced, pungent, quick, ripe, rough, salty, severe, shrill, squeaky, strident, strong, trenchant), ‏حامض (acid, acidulant, acidulous, sour, tart), ‏واضح (apparent, bold, broad, clear, conspicuous, decided, definite, elucidative, evident, explicit, express, frank, intelligible, legible, limpid, lucid, luminous, manifest, marked, obvious, outspoken, palpable, patent, pellucid, perspicuous, plain, plump, pointed, pronounced, punctual, purposely, seeming, specific, transparent, trenchant, visible), ‏وعر (broken, bumpy, hairy, impassable, irregular, jolty, lumpy, malaise, mountainous, precipitous, ragged, rough, rugged, steep, tight), ‏قارص (acid, acrid, acrimonious, biting, cutting, mordacious), ‏قارس (chilling, chilly, cutting, frigging, nippy, severe, shrewd), ‏قاطع (boycott, break away, categorical, chip, conclusive, decisive, definite, disruption, disturb, dogmatic, edgy, final, have no truck with, incisive, interrupt, keen, partition, peremptory, positive, unqualified), ‏قاسي (austere, drastic, hard, hard and fast, hard bitten, harsh, rough, rugged, severe, slashing, stern, stony, strait, strict, stringent, tough, unyielding), ‏لاذع (acerb, acid, acrid, acrimonious, biting, bitter, bitterly, burning, caustic, cutting, harsh, hot, keen, mordant, nippy, peppery, piquant, poignant, pungent, rough, salty, sarcastic, savory, savoury, scathing, scorching, sharp tongued, smarting, snappish, snappy, spicy, spiteful, stinging, tart, waspish), ‏نشيط (active, adroit, alert, athletic, dapper, driving, energetic, forceful, hustler, jaunty, live wire, lively, proud, robust, spirited, sprightly, spry, stout, strenuous, vigorous, vivacious), ‏مبرح (acute, anguish), ‏عنيف (bitter, dragon's, drastic, fell, fierce, gory, heady, impetuous, knockabout, outrageous, passionate, rabid, rigorous, robust, rough, rude, ruthless, scurrilous, set, severe, shrewd, smart, stiff, stout, strenuous, stringent, strong, torricellian, tough, tumultuous, turbulent, vehement, violent, volcanic). (various references)

Basque

puntuan, puntu (point). (various references)

Bulgarian 

подострен (sharpened), жив (above ground, active, agile, alert, alive, animate, breezy, brisk, cheerful, dashing, high-colored, high-coloured, jaunty, jazz, jazzy, live, lively, living, lusty, mercurial, mobile, nervous, nimble, organic, peppy, perky, pert, picturesque, pregnant, quick, racy, rattling, round, saucy, skittish, snappy, spicy, spirited, sprightly, spry, swinging, vital, vivacious, vivid, volatile, warm, whippy, zappy, zippy), експерт (adept, consultant, expert, judge, master, proficient), енергичен (active, arduous, brisk, demon, driving, energetic, enterprising, firm, go-go, hearty, keen, live, nervous, pithy, pushing, red blooded, robust, smart, snappy, spanking, spicy, spirited, spunky, strong-minded, up and coming, vigorous, vital, youthful, zappy, zippy), елегантен (classy, dashing, debonair, doggy, dressy, elegant, feat, fine, genteel, graceful, jimp, mod, nifty, plush, plushy, posh, rakish, saucy, silk stocking, smart, snappy, stylish, swell, swish, tasty), бърз (agile, brisk, dapper, expedite, expeditious, express, fast, forward, hasty, hurried, light-heeled, lively, natty, nippy, precipitate, pressing, prompt, quick, rapid, rattling, ready, rush, slapdash, slippy, smart, spanking, speedy, sweeping, time-saving, urgent, wing-footed), безскрупулен (conscienceless, ruthless, slim, slippery, slippy, smart, unconscionable, unconscious, unscrupulous), беззвучен (mute, noiseless, soundless, surd, toneless, unvoiced, voiceless), диез (diesis), познавач (adept, cognoscente, connoisseur, expert, fancier, judge, proficient), модерен (advanced, exclusive, fashionable, last, modern, modernistic, modish, neoteric, new, up to date), под остър ъгъл, пея фалшиво, пея високо, парлив (acrid, burning, hot, peppery, stinging), изкусен (adroit, clever, cunning, daedal, expert, light fingered, masterful, mean, neat, proficient, scientific, skilful, skilled, skillful, slick, subtle, technic, technical, tricksy, versed, workmanlike), изведнъж (all at once, all of a sudden, at once, promptly, slap, straight away), изострен (overstrung, pointed, tapering), измамник (ambidextrous, bilk, bilker, cheat, counterfeit, deceiver, double-dealer, fake, fiddler, fraud, gyp, impostor, intake, juggler, ringer, rook, sharpy, slicker, swindler), повдигам с полутон, точно (according to cocker, clean, correctly, directly, exactly, expressly, just, justly, narrowly, nicely, on schedule, precise, prompt, right, spang, strictly, textually, true, truly, whang), ясен (articulate, ash, ash-tree, bright, clean-cut, clear, coherent, crystal, distinct, limpid, lucid, luminous, manifest, matter of course, neat, obvious, pellucid, perceivable, perceptible, perspicuous, plain, readable, robust, serene, silver, silvery, Square, straight, straightaway, straightforward, tangible, transparent, unambiguous, unshadowed, vivid), ярко изразен, стипчив (acerb, acerbic, rough), рязък (abrupt, acid, bitter, brief, brusque, curt, gravelly, hard, incisive, jarring, jerky, metallic, offhand, pipy, point blank, rapid, rude, short, short-spoken, shrill, snappish, snappy, snippy, stark, straight out, strident, trenchant), рязко (abruptly, crustily, point blank, sharply, short, shortly), резлив (dry, nippy), хитър (acute, arch, artful, calculating, catty, clever, crafty, cunning, cute, deep, designing, disingenuous, dodgy, foxy, guileful, insidious, knowing, leery, long-headed, parlous, patent, pawky, politic, shifty, shrewd, sleek, slim, sly, smart, supple, wary, wide, wily, wordly-wise), фалшиво (falsely), задкулисен (backstage, offstage, underground), тънка игла за шев, много висок (towering), с диез, високо (aloft, aloud, high, highly, loftily, loud, loudly, out), остър (acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, angular, argute, arrowy, biting, bitter, crusty, cutting, edgy, excruciating, fine, fulminating, gabled, grating, gravelly, grinding, high pitched, keen, lancinating, metallic, nice, nipping, nippy, penetrating, penetrative, peppery, perspicacious, piercing, piquant, poignant, pointed, pungent, ragged, searching, shrill, slashing, stiff, strident, strong, tangy, trenchant), отсечен (abrupt, curt, hewn, jerky, short, stubbed), отривист (crisp, jerky, snappy), непочтен (discreditable, dishonest, dishonorable, dishonourable, disreputable, fishy, foul, oblique, shady, twisty, underhand), мошеник (blackguard, cheat, crook, dead beat, deadbeat, dodger, grafter, gyp, hustler, jongleur, knave, palmer, picaroon, rogue, scoundrel, sham, shark, skin, trickster, varlet, wretch), ясно очертан (bold, chiselled, clean-cut, sharp cut, well-marked), фалшив (bastard, bogus, brummagem, counterfeit, dummy, factitious, fake, false, fictitious, hollow, imitative, insincere, mock, phoney, phony, pinchbeck, queer, snide, spurious, supposititious, tinsel). (various references)

Catalan

agut (abrasive, acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, lurid). (various references)

Chinese 

銳利 (sharply), 銛 (among, between, border, boundary, edge, fish-spear, interval, while), 鏃 (arrowhead), 鋒利 (incisive; to the point), 锋利 (Edgy, sharpness), 鍔 (blade edge), 畟 , 激 (fierce, to arouse, to excite, to incite, to stimulate, violent), 剡 (river in Zhejiang), 尖銳 (intense, penetrating, pointed), 尖 (point, pointed, shrewd), 利 (advantage, benefit, profit). (various references)

Czech

rázný (brisk, crisp, energetic, firm, peremptory, powerful), prudký (abrupt, acrimonious, big, bulge, effervescent, ferocious, fierce, fiery, glaring, grievous, gusty, heady, heated, heavy, high, hot tempered, hot-headed, impetuous, intense, keen, passional, passionate, peppery, rapid, rash, robust, rude, steep, stormy, strong, sweeping, tempestuous, towering, tumultuous, vehement, vicious, vigorous, violent, virulent), prudce (heatedly, keen, strongly, vigorously, violently), podvádìt (betray, deceive, double cross, finagle, juggle, mock, trick), přesnì (accurately, bang, clearly, dead, exactly, faithfully, just, nicely, on the minute, on time, precisely, quite, rightly, straight), přísný (austere, exacting, firm, hard, harsh, heavy, nice, rigid, rigorous, severe, stern, stiff, strict, stringent, strong, tough, uncharitable), ostrý (abrupt, acrid, acute, biting, crisp, ferocious, fierce, glib, hard, harsh, high pitched, hot, incisive, intense, keen, piercing, poignant, pointed, rigorous, shrill, smart, snappy, spicy, strident, tart, tough, trenchant), ostře (keen, sharply), mazaný (artful, cannie, canny, crafty, cunning, nifty, slick, sly), dis, špièatý (peaked, pointed, spiked, spiky). (various references)

Danish

skarp (abrasive, acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, lurid). (various references)

Dutch

scherp (abrasive, accurate, acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, bleak, exactly, harsh, lurid, nutty, precise, sour, tart), guur (abrasive, acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, bleak, lurid), fel (abrasive, acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, intense, intensive, lurid), doordringend (abrasive, acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, harsh, lurid, sour, tart). (various references)

Esperanto

precize (exactly, precisely), dieso (grid, hash, number sign, pound sign), akurate (exactly), akra (abrasive, lurid). (various references)

Faeroese

stundisliga (exactly), raðið (exactly), nágreiniliga (exactly), hvassur (abrasive, acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, lurid), gjølliga (exactly), akkurát (exactly). (various references)

Farsi