Keen

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having a fine, sharp cutting edge or point.
  • adj. Having or marked by intellectual quickness and acuity. See Synonyms at sharp.
  • adj. Acutely sensitive: a keen ear.
  • adj. Sharp; vivid; strong: "His entire body hungered for keen sensation, something exciting” ( Richard Wright).
  • adj. Intense; piercing: a keen wind.
  • adj. Pungent; acrid: A keen smell of skunk was left behind.
  • adj. Ardent; enthusiastic: a keen chess player.
  • adj. Eagerly desirous: keen on going to Europe in the spring.
  • adj. Slang Great; splendid; fine: What a keen day!
  • n. A loud, wailing lament for the dead.
  • verb-intransitive. To wail in lamentation, especially for the dead. See Synonyms at cry.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A prolonged wail for a deceased person.
  • v. To utter a keen.
  • v. To utter with a loud wailing voice or wordless cry.
  • v. To mourn.
  • adj. showing a quick and ardent willingness or responsiveness, enthusiastic, eager; interested, intense.
  • adj. vehement; fierce; as, a keen appetite.
  • adj. sharp; having a fine edge or point.
  • adj. acute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having or expressing mental acuteness.
  • adj. bitter; piercing; acrimonious; cutting; stinging; severe; as, keen satire or sarcasm.
  • adj. piercing; penetrating; cutting; sharp; -- applied to cold, wind, etc,; as, a keen wind; the cold is very keen.
  • adj. Enthusiastic
  • adj. Marvelous.
  • adj. extremely low as to be competitive.
  • adj. brave, courageous; bold, audacious.
  • v. To sharpen; to make cold.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Sharp; having a fine edge or point.
  • adj. Acute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having or expressing mental acuteness
  • adj. Bitter; piercing; acrimonious; cutting; stinging; severe.
  • adj. Piercing; penetrating; cutting; sharp; -- applied to cold, wind, etc.
  • adj. Eager; vehement; fierce.
  • adj. Wonderful; delightful; marvelous.
  • v. To sharpen; to make cold.
  • n. A prolonged wail for a deceased person. Cf. coranach.
  • verb-intransitive. To wail as a keener does.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Bold; daring; brave; active: applied to men.
  • Grim; fierce; savage; rapacious: applied to wild animals.
  • Vehement; earnest; eager; ardent; fierce; animated by or showing strong feeling or desire: as, a keen fighter; to be keen at a bargain.
  • Such as to cut or penetrate easily; having a very sharp point or edge; sharp; acute: as, a keen edge.
  • Sharp or irritating to the body or the mind; acutely harsh or painful; biting; stinging; tingling.
  • Having a cutting or incisive character or effect; penetrating; vigorous; energetic; vivid; intense: as, keen eyes; a keen look; a keen rebuke; keen-witted.
  • Having or manifesting great mental acuteness; characterized by great quickness or penetration of thought; sharply perceptive: as, a keen logician or debater; keen insight.
  • To make keen or sharp; sharpen.
  • To chap, as the hands.
  • n. A loud lamentation made over the dead; a wailing.
  • To make a loud lamentation over the dead; lament; wail.
  • To wail over any loss, or in anticipation of loss.
  • n. The angle to which the wire tooth of card-clothing is bent between the foundation material and the point.
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  • adj. having a sharp cutting edge or point
  • v. express grief verbally
  • adj. painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
  • n. a funeral lament sung with loud wailing
  • adj. very good
  • adj. having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
  • adj. intense or sharp
    • Equivalent
    sharp    good    perceptive    intense   
    Verb Form
    keened    keening    keens   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    express emotion    express feelings    threnody    lament    requiem    dirge    coronach   
    Cross Reference
    on the keen jump   
    Variant
    coranach   
    Form
    keenness    keen-witted    keen on    keen as mustard    keenly   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    satirical    sharp    piercing    eager    cutting    penetrating    sarcastic    ardent    acute    biting   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Aileen    Amin    Arleen    Augustin    Bean    Cathleen    Celine    Charlene    Christine    Clymene   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sharp    eager    shrewd    sympathetic    acute   
     
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