Acute in Malayalam

There is no standalone adjective for acute among these options; what the list offers is കഠിനവേദന (kadinavedana), the compound meaning acute or severe pain. Malayalam normally builds such ideas as compounds instead of using one adjective across medicine, geometry and hearing. So acute angles or acute shortages would need other wording entirely.

Most common translation

കഠിനവേദന (kadinavedana)

Acute pain.

രാത്രി പല്ലിന് കഠിനവേദന ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു

raathri pallinu kadinavedana undaayirunnu

At night there was acute pain in the tooth.

Dictionary entry

The single entry here is tied to pain, which means it answers acute pain well and acute on its own not at all.

Common questions

How do you say acute in Malayalam?

Not with one word from this list. For acute pain, use കഠിനവേദന (kadinavedana).

Does it suit a doctor's description of acute illness?

Only where pain is what is being described; the word names severe pain rather than the sudden onset of a disease.