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(satellite adjective) having a sharp cutting edge or point; "a keen blade" |
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(noun) (Irish) a funeral lament sung with loud wailing |
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Related Words: coronach, dirge, lament, requiem, threnody |
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(satellite adjective) as physically painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; "a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "a gray world with ice and toothed winds" |
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Synonyms: cutting, knifelike, piercing, stabbing |
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(verb) express grief verbally |
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Synonyms: lament |
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Related Words: express emotion, express feelings |
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(satellite adjective) very penetrating and clear and sharp in operation; "an incisive mind"; "a keen intelligence"; "of sharp and active intellect" |
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Synonyms: incisive, sharp |
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(satellite adjective) intense or sharp; "suffered exquisite pain"; "felt exquisite pleasure" |
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Synonyms: exquisite |
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(satellite adjective) having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations" |
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Synonyms: acute, discriminating, incisive, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp |
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(satellite adjective) (informal) very good; "a bully pulpit"; "a cool sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing" |
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Synonyms: bang-up, bully, cool, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, smashing, swell |
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