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Sharper   /ʃˈɑrpər/   Listen
Sharper

noun
1.
A professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games.  Synonyms: card shark, card sharp, card sharper, cardsharp, cardsharper, sharpie, sharpy.


Sharp

adjective
(compar. sharper; superl. sharpest)
1.
(of something seen or heard) clearly defined.  Synonym: crisp.  "The sharp crack of a twig" , "The crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot"
2.
Ending in a sharp point.  Synonyms: acuate, acute, needlelike.
3.
Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions.  Synonyms: acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing.  "Incisive comments" , "Icy knifelike reasoning" , "As sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang" , "Penetrating insight" , "Frequent penetrative observations"
4.
Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence.  Synonyms: astute, shrewd.  "An astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease" , "He was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow"
5.
Harsh.  Synonyms: sharp-worded, tart.  "A sharp-worded exchange" , "A tart remark"
6.
Having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones.  Synonym: shrill.  "A shrill gaiety"
7.
Extremely steep.  Synonyms: abrupt, precipitous.  "The precipitous rapids of the upper river" , "The precipitous hills of Chinese paintings" , "A sharp drop"
8.
Keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point.  "Sharp winds"  Antonym: dull.
9.
Having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing.  "A pencil with a sharp point"  Antonym: dull.
10.
(of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone.  Antonyms: flat, natural.
11.
Very sudden and in great amount or degree.
12.
Quick and forceful.



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"Sharper" Quotes from Famous Books



... The woful slaughter black and loathsome made That house, sometime the sacred house of God, O heavenly justice, if thou be delayed, On wretched sinners sharper falls thy rod! In them this place profaned which invade Thou kindled ire, and mercy all forbode, Until with their hearts' blood the Pagans vile This temple washed ...
— Jerusalem Delivered • Torquato Tasso
... yours are a deal sharper than mine, my dear, for I had not the faintest idea who it was that was coming along the road. But I am glad I met you, Dashwood, as I want to say a few words to you about—" and he lowered his voice ...
— Naughty Miss Bunny - A Story for Little Children • Clara Mulholland
... disarm him; but at the first encounter he felt that the colonel's wrist was iron, with the flexibility of a steel string. Maxence was then forced, unfortunate fellow, to think of another move, while Philippe, whose eyes were darting gleams that were sharper than the flash of their blades, parried every attack with the coolness of a fencing-master wearing his plastron ...
— The Celibates - Includes: Pierrette, The Vicar of Tours, and The Two Brothers • Honore de Balzac
... before us. The inhabitants were pouring forth to meet us. We saw them coming over the plain, as we watched the walls and buildings, glowing in the mystic radiance of the summer's evening, loom up larger and grander and sharper before us. It ...
— A Heroine of France • Evelyn Everett-Green
... gloriously, but the air bit ever sharper, and while Peggy went about her cooking, assisted by her husband and the outlaw, Alice pulled Ward down to ...
— They of the High Trails • Hamlin Garland


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