Both Uses of
acute
in
Man And Superman
- No doubt there are moments when man's sexual immunities are made acutely humiliating to him.†
Chpt Ded. *
- A sensitive boy's humiliations may be very good fun for ordinary thickskinned grown-ups; but to the boy himself they are so acute, so ignominious, that he cannot confess them—cannot but deny them passionately.†
Chpt 1
Definition:
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(acute as in: acute pain) sharp (severe or strong) -- usually negative