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keen
adjective
noun
verb
having a sharp cutting edge or point
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adjective
having a sharp cutting edge or point
“a keen blade”
adjective
painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
“a cutting wind”
adjective
excellent
“he did a bully job”
adjective
intense or sharp
“suffered exquisite pain”
adjective
having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
“an acute observer of politics and politicians”
noun
a funeral lament sung with loud wailing
verb
express grief verbally
“we lamented the death of the child”
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a keen blade
a cutting wind
keen winds
knifelike cold
piercing knifelike pains
piercing cold
he did a bully job
a neat sports car
had a great time at the party
you look simply smashing
we had a grand old time
suffered exquisite pain
felt exquisite pleasure
an acute observer of politics and politicians
incisive comments
icy knifelike reasoning
as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang
penetrating insight
we lamented the death of the child
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