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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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