English dictionary
keen
adjectiveAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- having a sharp cutting edge or point
adjective
- painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
adjective
- excellent
adjective
- intense or sharp
adjective
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
noun
- a funeral lament sung with loud wailing
verb
- express grief verbally
Example sentences
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