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keen

• (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 penetrative observations
  incisive, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, discriminating, knifelike, acute, sharp,
• (s) intense or sharp
  • suffered exquisite pain
  • felt exquisite pleasure
  exquisite,
• (s) very good
  • he did a bully job
  • a neat sports car
  • had a great time at the party
  • you look simply smashing
  bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, groovy, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, smashing, swell, great, neat,
• (s) 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
  lancinate, lancinating, piercing, stabbing, cutting, knifelike,
• (s) having a sharp cutting edge or point
  • a keen blade

Nouns

• (n) a funeral lament sung with loud wailing

Verbs

• (v) express grief verbally
  • we lamented the death of the child
  lament,

Synonyms

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

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