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strong or highly developed
keen(adj)a funeral lament sung with loud wailing
acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp(adj)having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
"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"
exquisite, keen(adj)intense or sharp
"suffered exquisite pain"; "felt exquisite pleasure"
bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing(adj)very good
"he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"
cutting, keen, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating(adj)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"
keen(verb)having a sharp cutting edge or point
"a keen blade"
lament, keen(verb)express grief verbally
"we lamented the death of the child"
able to sense slight impressions or differencespilots with especially keen eyesight
causing intense discomfort to one's skinthe keen wind gave me chapped lips
having an edge thin enough to cut or pierce somethinglanced the boil with a keen scalpel
having or showing quickness of mindreaders who were keen enough to realize that the writer was being satirical
of the very best kindthat new digital camera sure is keen
showing urgent desire or interesta keen hunger for fame and fortune in the fashion industry
extreme in degree, power, or effectmovies gave him keen enjoyment like nothing else
a crying out in griefthe loud keens of the widows were heard throughout the war-ravaged city
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomelyvictims of the disaster have been keening for weeks about the slowness of governmental aid
to make a long loud mournful soundmourners keening for the victims of the bombing
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