| ADJECTIVE | all | discriminating | showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste |
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| all | discriminating, acute, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp | having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions |
| Sounds | dihskrih'mahney.tihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste. | |
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| Example | "the discriminating eye of the connoisseur" | |
| Narrower | appreciative | Having or showing appreciation or a favorable critical judgment or opinion |
| diacritic, diacritical | capable of distinguishing | |
| discerning | able to make or detect effects of great subtlety | |
| discriminative, discriminatory | capable of making fine distinctions | |
| eclectic | selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas | |
| good | generally admired / admired | |
| selective | tending to select | |
| See also | discerning | Having or revealing keen insight and good judgment |
| discriminate | marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions | |
| Opposite | undiscriminating, indiscriminating | not discriminating |
| Spanish | fino | |
| Meaning | Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions. | |
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| Synonyms | acute, incisive, keen, 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 | |
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