📒 having a fine edge or point, especially of something that can cut or make a hole in something
- a sharp knife
- Toys with sharp edges are not suitable for young children.
- sharp teeth
📒 sudden, rapid and large
- a sharp drop in prices
- a sharp rise in crime
- a sharp increase in unemployment
📒 clear and definite
- a sharp outline
- The photograph is not very sharp (= there are no clear contrasts between areas of light and shade).
- She drew a sharp distinction between domestic and international politics.
📒 quick to notice or understand things or to react
- to have sharp eyes
- a girl of sharp intelligence
- a sharp sense of humour
📒 critical or severe
- sharp criticism
- Emma has a sharp tongue (= she often speaks in an unpleasant or unkind way).
- sharp with somebody He was very sharp with me when I was late.
📒 loud, sudden and often high in tone
- She read out the list in sharp, clipped tones.
- There was a sharp knock on the door.
📒 very strong and sudden, often like being cut or badly hurt
- He winced as a sharp pain shot through his leg.
- Polly felt a sharp pang of jealousy.
📒 changing direction suddenly
- a sharp bend in the road
- a sharp turn to the left
📒 strong and slightly bitter
- The cheese has a distinctively sharp taste.
- the pungent smell of burning rubber
- Too much pulp produces a sour wine.
📒 used to describe a very cold or very severe frost or wind
📒 clever but possibly dishonest
- His lawyer's a sharp operator.
- The firm had to face some sharp practice from competing companies.
📒 fashionable and new
- The consultants were a group of men in sharp suits.
- Todd is a sharp dresser.
📒 not full or round in shape
- a man with a thin face and sharp features (= a pointed nose and chin)
📒 used after the name of a note to mean a note a semitone higher
- the Piano Sonata in C sharp minor
📒 above the correct pitch (= how high or low a note sounds)
📒 not intelligent
- He's not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer, is he?
📒 the place or position of greatest difficulty or responsibility
- He started work at the sharp end of the business, as a salesman.