And, depending upon how the writing is going at the moment, this can seem too good to be true, or acutely painful.

Reading some of these unhappy accounts by adopted children was acutely painful.

The thought of losing them was acutely painful, but I supposed the possibility had to be faced.

At best, shingles is an acutely painful condition lasting several weeks.

Except of course for a physical attraction to Ramses that was acutely painful.

The rattle and jolt under her feet was acutely painful, though she had never noticed it before.

His right hand was swollen and acutely painful.

The mere presence of beings like yourselves is acutely painful to us."

It was obviously still an acutely painful memory.

"The death of a child is acutely painful.

What he had been was acutely painful.

His surrender on the religious question had left a rankling bitterness behind it; the problem of the clothes was acutely painful.

This time it would be acutely painful.

That is, the pain is caused by urine running over the acutely painful ulcers.

In letters written after the crisis, he has time for acutely painful self--analysis.

As the name suggests, skiers and snowboarders are particularly vulnerable to this temporary but acutely painful condition.

It was not a pleasant sound; it hurt his head, sending up reverberations that were acutely painful.

A brief, acutely painful glance at him told her that was not the reason for the anger she could almost feel emanating from him.

All of those injuries looked fresh and acutely painful, but "There is no pain," Vyorin, the young technician, told him.

He was finding it acutely painful to speak to the Epictetan ministers, knowing that he would have to conceal his plan from them.

Though my arms and back were presently acutely painful, I went on clambering down the sheer descent with as quick a motion as possible.

That is acutely painful."

"I find that acutely painful, Doctor," remarked Spock.

Kennard's touch was not acutely painful, although Kerwin was extremely conscious of it, unpleasantly so.

These little blisters enlarge and eventually burst to form ulcers which are shallow and acutely painful to touch.