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| ADJECTIVE | 1 | keen, acute, discriminating, incisive, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp | Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions |
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| 2 | keen, exquisite | Intense or sharp | |
| 3 | keen, bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing | Very good | |
| 4 | keen, cutting, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating | As physically painful as if caused by a sharp instrument | |
| 5 | keen | Having a sharp cutting edge or point | |
| NOUN | 1 | keen | A funeral lament sung with loud wailing |
| VERB | 1 | keen, lament | Express grief verbally |
| Sounds | kiy'n |
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| Rhymes | Aberdeen, Abilene, acetylcholine, and 183 more rhymes in iyn... |
| Meaning | Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions. |
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| Synonyms | acute, discriminating, incisive, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp |
| Similar to | perceptive |
| Nouns | keenness |
| Adverbs | keenly |
| Meaning | Intense or sharp. |
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| Synonyms | exquisite |
| Similar to | intense |
| Meaning | Very good. |
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| Synonyms | bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing |
| Similar to | good |
| Usage | colloquialism |
| Meaning | As physically painful as if caused by a sharp instrument. |
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| Examples | "keen winds" |
| Synonyms | cutting, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating |
| Similar to | sharp |
| Meaning | Having a sharp cutting edge or point. |
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| Examples | "a keen blade" |
| Similar to | sharp |
| Meaning | A funeral lament sung with loud wailing. |
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| Region | Ireland, Hibernia, Emerald Isle |
| Broader | dirge, coronach, lament, requiem, threnody |
| Verbs | keen |
| Meaning | Express grief verbally. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | lament |
| Broader | express emotion, express feelings |
| Entails | grieve, sorrow |
| Nouns | keen |
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