sharpnessSH'ARPNESS, 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. |