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Keen

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Definitions for Keen

noun
a funeral lament sung with loud wailing
verb
express grief verbally
Synonyms
lament
Examples
  1. we lamented the death of the child
adjective
having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
Synonyms
acute discriminating incisive knifelike penetrating penetrative piercing sharp
Examples
  1. an acute observer of politics and politicians
  2. incisive comments
  3. icy knifelike reasoning
  4. as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang
  5. penetrating insight
  6. frequent penetrative observations
adjective
intense or sharp
Synonyms
exquisite
Examples
  1. suffered exquisite pain
  2. felt exquisite pleasure
adjective
very good
Synonyms
bang-up bully corking cracking dandy great groovy neat nifty not bad(p) peachy slap-up swell smashing old(a)
Examples
  1. he did a bully job
  2. a neat sports car
  3. had a great time at the party
  4. you look simply smashing
  5. we had a grand old time
adjective
painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
Synonyms
cutting knifelike piercing stabbing lancinate lancinating
Examples
  1. a cutting wind
  2. keen winds
  3. knifelike cold
  4. piercing knifelike pains
  5. piercing cold
  6. piercing criticism
  7. a stabbing pain
  8. lancinating pain
adjective
having a sharp cutting edge or point
Examples
  1. a keen blade

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