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Definition of sharpness : The quality or condition of being sharp; keenness; acuteness.

Synonyms:

otherness, avidity, rigor, gaminess, hardship, sharp, sting, severeness, acuity, acrimony, distinctness, bit, eagerness, incisiveness, chomp, asperity, collation, rigour, virulence, avidness, rigourousness, bound, snack, insect bite, bite, morsel, raciness, malignity, visual acuity, moroseness, sharp-sightedness, discreteness, separateness, unkindness, severalty, ribaldry

poignancy, acridity, spiciness

scream, screech, caterwaul, highness, reediness, creakiness, scratchiness, raucousness, hoarseness, squeal, piercing, stridency, whistle, shrillness

harshness, leanness, abruptness, matter-of-factness, grimness, sternness, coolness, causticity, astringency, crispness, intensity, correctness, dryness, frostiness, severity, preciseness, discipline, bluntness, stringency, strictness, chilliness, acerbity, starkness, acuteness, authoritarianism, austerity, rigorousness, gruffness, oppressiveness, brusqueness, briskness, keenness, bleakness, meticulousness

point, nettle, tooth, prick

piquancy, pungency, bitterness, acidity, sourness, unripeness, tartness

slipperiness, sly, art, deviousness, skill, cunning, slickness, mastery, guile, snakiness, ingenuity, subtlety, wariness, smoothness

fringe, verge, periphery, margin, ring, curb, border, outline, edge, boundary, perimeter, brink, extremity, brim, rim, side, tip, coast, precipice, frontier limit, fence

drollness, inventiveness, comedy, trickiness, cunningness, humor, astuteness, quickness, cleverness, wit, adroitness, foxiness, brilliance, canniness, urbanity, shrewdness, facility, wiliness, intellect, scintillation, finesse, scurrility, ingeniousness, artfulness, deftness, craftiness, slyness, sophistry, resourcefulness, irony, subtleness

Usage examples:

• Marian had always her views of sharpness; she was, as her sister privately commented, great on it. - "The Wings of the Dove, Volume 1 of 2", Henry James.
• But the explanation of the disasters he caused everywhere by his disagreeable sharpness of speech and behaviour did not amuse them. - "A Prisoner in Fairyland", Algernon Blackwood.
• The condition was one of many, and the others for the most part declared themselves with much of an equal, though a different, sharpness. - "Notes of a Son and Brother", Henry James.