What is an antonym for acute?

Answer 1

"Opposite" is a trickier concept than one would imagine, but here are some approximate opposites for "acute" in various departments of life:

In the health sciences and in discussion of problems in general, the opposite of acute is chronic.: acute/chronic illness; acute/chronic shortage of housing; acute/chronic problems of crime, and so on.

In mathematics, the "opposite" of an acute angle is an obtuse angle.

In linguistics (spelling and diacritics), the opposite of an acute accent mark is a grave accent mark.

In mental functioning, the opposite of acute thinking is dull, or ineffective thinking.

In psychology of perception, the opposite of acute senses is impaired or blunted senses.

In regard to first explanation ~ example...acuteaffects of radiation versus somatic affects of radiation (short vs long-term)