keen
v.
lament, mourn, wail
Keening
keen
Noun
1. a funeral lament sung with loud wailing
(hypernym) dirge, coronach, lament, requiem, threnody
(derivation) lament
(classification) Ireland, Hibernia, Emerald Isle
Verb
1. express grief verbally; "we lamented the death of the child"
(synonym) lament
(hypernym) express emotion, express feelings
(entail) grieve, sorrow
Adjective
1. 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"
(synonym) acute, discriminating, incisive, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp
(similar) perceptive
2. intense or sharp; "suffered exquisite pain"; "felt exquisite pleasure"
(synonym) exquisite
(similar) intense
3. very penetrating and clear and sharp in operation; "an incisive mind"; "a keen intelligence"; "of sharp and active intellect"
(synonym) incisive, sharp
(similar) intelligent
4. very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"
(synonym) bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing
(similar) good
(classification) colloquialism
5. 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"; "lancinating pain"
(synonym) cutting, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating
(similar) sharp
6. having a sharp cutting edge or point; "a keen blade"
(similar) sharp
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