| ADJECTIVE | all | keen, acute, discriminating, incisive, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp | having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions |
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| all | keen, exquisite | intense or sharp | |
| all | keen, bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing, old | very good | |
| all | keen, cutting, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating | painful as if caused by a sharp instrument | |
| all | keen | having a sharp cutting edge or point | |
| NOUN | communication | keen | a funeral lament sung with loud wailing |
| VERB | emotion | keen, lament | express grief verbally |
| Sounds | kiy'n | |
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| Rhymes | Aberdeen ... wolverine / Wolverine: 192 rhymes with iyn... | |
| Meaning | Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions. | |
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| Synonyms | acute, discriminating, incisive, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp | |
| Broader | perceptive | Having the ability to perceive or understand |
| Spanish | afilado, agudo, fino, incisivo, mordaz, penetrante, punzante | |
| Catalan | afilat, agut, fi, incisiu, penetrant | |
| Nouns | keenness | a quick and penetrating intelligence |
| Adverbs | keenly | in a keen and discriminating manner |
| Meaning | Intense or sharp. | |
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| Synonym | exquisite | |
| Broader | intense | Possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree |
| Spanish | entusiasta, exquisito | |
| Catalan | entusiasta | |
| Meaning | Very good. | |
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| Synonyms | bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing, old | |
| Broader | good | Having desirable / desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified |
| Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
| Spanish | bárbaro, bestial, brutal, chachi, enorme, fenomenal, genial, gran, guay, súper | |
| Catalan | bestial, brutal, enorme, excel·lent, fantàstic, fenomenal, genial, gran, guai, súper | |
| Meaning | Painful as if caused by a sharp instrument. | |
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| Example | "keen winds" | |
| Synonyms | cutting, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating | |
| Broader | sharp | keenly and painfully felt |
| Spanish | cortante, penetrante, punzante | |
| Catalan | penetrant | |
| Meaning | Having a sharp cutting edge or point. | |
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| Example | "a keen blade" | |
| Broader | sharp | Having or made by a thin edge or sharp point |
| Spanish | afilado | |
| Catalan | punxant, punyent | |
| Nouns | keenness | thinness of edge or fineness of point |
| Meaning | A funeral lament sung with loud wailing. | |
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| Region | Ireland, Hibernia, Emerald Isle | An island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland |
| Broader | dirge, coronach, lament, requiem, threnody | A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person |
| Verbs | keen | express grief verbally |
| Meaning | Express grief verbally. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | lament | |
| Entails | grieve, sorrow | Feel grief |
| Broader | express emotion, express feelings | Give verbal / verbal / verbal or other expression to one's feelings |
| Spanish | deplorar, lamentarse, lamentar, quejarse | |
| Catalan | deplorar, lamentar-se, lamentar, queixar-se | |
| Nouns | keen | a funeral lament sung with loud wailing |
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