ACERATE LEAF Synonyms

• related to plants or animals or crystals having aciculae or needlelike parts

• (of a leaf shape) narrowing to a slender point

• make sharp or acute; taper; make (something) come to a point

• shaped like an awl

• (of a leaf shape) shaped like a lance head; narrow and tapering to a pointed apex

• narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves

• having a point

• direct and obvious in meaning or reference; often unpleasant

• keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point

• having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing

• (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone

• a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named

• a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point

• changing suddenly in direction and degree

• (of something seen or heard) clearly defined

• ending in a sharp point

• having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

• marked by practical hardheaded intelligence

• harsh

• having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones

• dangerously steep

• very sudden and in great amount or degree

• quick and forceful

• the leaf of a conifer

• a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument

• a sharp pointed implement (usually steel)

• a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record

• annoy or provoke, as by constant criticism

• prick with a needle