sharp

Definitions

• Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut easily; not obtuse or rounded.
• (colloquial) Intelligent.
• (music) Higher than usual by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ (♯) after the name of the note).
• (music) Higher in pitch than required.
• Having an intense, acrid flavour.
• Sudden and intense.
• (colloquial) Illegal or dishonest.
• (colloquial) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd.
• Exact, precise, accurate; keen.
• Offensive, critical, or acrimonious.
• (colloquial) Stylish or attractive.
• Observant; alert; acute.
• Forming a small angle; forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.
• Steep; precipitous; abrupt.
• (mathematics) Said of as extreme a value as possible.
• (chess) Tactical; risky.
• Piercing; keen; severe; painful.
• Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
• (obsolete) Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.
• Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
• (phonetics) Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone; aspirated; unvoiced.
• (obsolete) Hungry.