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keen



I - noun
a funeral lament sung with loud wailing
Regions:
Ireland, Hibernia, Emerald Isle
Hypernyms:
dirge, coronach, lament, requiem, threnody

II - verb
express grief verbally
- we lamented the death of the child
Syn:
lament
Derivationally related forms:
lament (for: lament), lamentation (for: lament), lamenter (for: lament)
Hypernyms:
express emotion, express feelings
Entailment:
grieve, sorrow
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

III - adjective
1. having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions (Freq. 3)
- 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
Syn:
acute, discriminating, incisive, knifelike, penetrating,
penetrative, piercing, sharp
Similar to:
perceptive
Derivationally related forms:
sharpness (for: sharp), penetrate (for: penetrative), keenness, incisiveness (for: incisive), acuteness (for: acute)
2. very good
- he did a bully job
- a neat sports car
- had a great time at the party
- you look simply smashing
Syn:
bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy,
great, groovy, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy,
slap-up, swell, smashing
Similar to:
good
Usage Domain:
colloquialism
3. intense or sharp
- suffered exquisite pain
- felt exquisite pleasure
Syn:
exquisite
Similar to:
intense
4. 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
Syn:
cutting, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating
Similar to:
sharp
5. having a sharp cutting edge or point
- a keen blade
Similar to:
sharp
Derivationally related forms:
keenness

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