cool vs sharp

cool

adj
  • (of an act or situation) annoying, irritating. 

  • Of an action, all right; acceptable; that does not present a problem. 

  • Calmly audacious. 

  • Allowing or suggesting heat relief. 

  • Very interesting or exciting. 

  • (followed by with) Able to tolerate; to be fine with. 

  • Of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave; considered popular by others. 

  • (of a pair of people) holding no grudge against one another; having no beef. 

  • Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold. 

  • Of a person, not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself. 

  • Applied facetiously to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount. 

  • In fashion and fancy, part of or befitting the most leading trends and habits of the in crowd; originally hipster slang. 

  • Of a color, in the range of violet to green. 

  • Unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical. 

verb
  • To lose heat, to get colder. 

  • To make cooler, less warm. 

  • To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate. 

  • To kill. 

  • To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate. 

noun
  • A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness. 

  • A calm temperament. 

  • The property of being cool, popular or in fashion. 

sharp

adj
  • Offensive, critical, or acrimonious. 

  • Higher in pitch than required. 

  • Intelligent. 

  • Having an intense, acrid flavour. 

  • Forming a small angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees. 

  • Steep; precipitous; abrupt. 

  • Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification. 

  • Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut easily; not obtuse or rounded. 

  • Illegal or dishonest. 

  • Higher than usual by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note). 

  • Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd. 

  • Tactical; risky. 

  • Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty. 

  • Said of as extreme a value as possible. 

  • Exact, precise, accurate; keen. 

  • Piercing; keen; severe; painful. 

  • Stylish or attractive. 

  • Sudden and intense. 

  • Observant; alert; acute. 

verb
  • To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper. 

  • To raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp. 

adv
  • To a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply. 

  • Exactly. 

  • In a higher pitch than is correct or desirable. 

noun
  • A note that is sharp in a particular key. 

  • Something that is sharp. 

  • A dishonest person; a cheater. 

  • Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings. 

  • A note that is played a semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯. 

  • A sharp tool or weapon. 

  • A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s). 

  • The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic. 

  • Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly. 

  • A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between. 

  • The symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played a semitone higher. 

  • A hypodermic syringe. 

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