keen

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keen Definition

• (n) a funeral lament sung with loud wailing
• (s) having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent pene
• (s) intense or sharp; "suffered exquisite pain"; "felt exquisite pleasure"
• (s) very penetrating and clear and sharp in operation; "an incisive mind"; "a keen intelligence"; "of sharp and active intellect"
• (s) very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"
• (s) as physically painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; "a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "lancinating pain"
• (s) having a sharp cutting edge or point; "a keen blade"
• (v) express grief verbally; "we lamented the death of the child"

keen Synonyms

• acute
• bang-up
• bully
• corking
• cracking
• cutting
• dandy
• discriminating
• exquisite
• great
• groovy
• incisive
• keen
• knifelike
• lament
• lancinate
• lancinating
• neat
• nifty
• not bad(p)
• peachy
• penetrating
• penetrative
• piercing
• sharp
• slap-up
• smashing
• stabbing
• swell