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Discerning

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Definitions for Discerning

adjective
having or revealing keen insight and good judgment
Examples
  1. a discerning critic
  2. a discerning reader
adjective
unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic
Synonyms
discreet
Examples
  1. a discerning editor
  2. a discreet silence
adjective
quick to understand
Synonyms
apprehensive
Examples
  1. a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
adjective
able to make or detect effects of great subtlety
Examples
  1. sensitive
  2. discerning taste
  3. a discerning eye for color
verb
detect with the senses
Synonyms
spot recognize recognise distinguish discern pick out make out tell apart
Examples
  1. The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards
  2. I can't make out the faces in this photograph

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