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keenadjective able to sense slight impressions or differencespilots with especially keen eyesight acute, delicate, fine, perceptive, quick, sensitive, sharp accurate, clear, discerning, good, piercing, precise, receptive, sensible, subtlehair-trigger, hyperacute, hypersensitive, oversensitive, supersensitive bad, deadened, dimmed, dull, dulled, fadingdead, imperceptive, insensible, insensitive, numbimprecise, inaccurate causing intense discomfort to one's skinthe keen wind gave me chapped lips biting, bitter, cutting, penetrating, piercing, raw, sharp, shrewd, smarting, stinging brisk, invigorating, nippy, snappyneedlelike, prickly, tinglingcaustic, corrosive balmy, gentle, mild, soothing having an edge thin enough to cut or pierce somethinglanced the boil with a keen scalpel cutting, edged, edgy, ground, honed, sharp, sharpened, stropped, trenchant, whetted clawlike, daggerlike, knifelikejabbing, jagged, lacerating, piercing, scratching, stabbingpointed, pointy, spiky(also spikey) blunt, blunted, dull, dulled, obtuse rounded, smoothsofteven, flat, level, slick having or showing quickness of mindreaders who were keen enough to realize that the writer was being satirical alert, brainy, bright, brilliant, clever, exceptional, fast, hyperintelligent, intelligent, nimble, quick, quick-witted, sharp, sharp-witted, smart, supersmart, ultrasmart apt, ingenious, resourcefulacute, astute, discerning, heady, insightful, knowing, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, sagacious, sapient, savvy, wisecerebral, erudite, genial, highbrow, knowledgeable, learned, literate, scholarly, well-readeducated, informed, schooled, skilled, trainedcreative, inventive, judicious, prudent, sage, sane, sapient, sensible, sound, wisecrafty, cunning, foxy, shrewd, wilylogical, rational, reasonable airheaded, birdbrained, boneheaded, brain-dead, brainless, bubbleheaded, chuckleheaded, dense, dim, dim-witted, doltish, dopey(also dopy), dorky(slang), dull, dumb, dunderheaded, empty-headed, fatuous, gormless(chiefly British), half-witted, knuckleheaded, lamebrain(or lamebrained), lunkheaded, mindless, obtuse, opaque, pinheaded, senseless, simple, slow, slow-witted, soft, softheaded, stupid, thick, thickheaded, thick-witted, unbrilliant, unintelligent, unsmart, vacuous, weak-minded, witless feebleminded, simplemindedboobish, foolish, half-baked, idiotic(also idiotical), imbecile(or imbecilic), moronic, sillyignorant, illiterate, lowbrow, nonintellectual, unacademic, uneducated, uninformed, unintellectual, untaught, unthinkingabsurd, asinine, balmy, cockeyed, crackpot, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft, dippy, dotty, featherheaded, fool, half-baked, harebrained, insane, kooky(also kookie), loony(also looney), lunatic, mad, nonsensical, nutty, preposterous, sappy, screwball, tomfool, unwise, wacky(also whacky), zany of the very best kindthat new digital camera sure is keen A-OK, A1, awesome, bang-up, banner, beautiful, blue-chip, blue-ribbon, boffo, bonny(also bonnie, chiefly British), boss(slang), brag, brave, bully, bumper, capital, choice, classic, cool(slang), corking, crackerjack, cracking, dandy, divine, dope(slang), down(slang), dynamite, excellent, fab, fabulous, famous, fantabulous(slang), fantastic, fine, first-class, first-rate, first-string, five-star, four-star, frontline, gangbusters(also gangbuster), gilt-edged(or gilt-edge), gone(slang), grand, great, groovy, heavenly, high-class, hot, hype(slang), immense, jim-dandy, lovely, marvelous(or marvellous), mean, neat, nifty, noble, number one(also No. 1), numero uno, out-of-sight(slang), par excellence, peachy, peachy keen, phat(slang), prime, primo(slang), prize, prizewinning, quality, radical(slang), righteous(slang), sensational, slick, splendid, stellar, sterling, superb, superior, superlative, supernal, swell, terrific, tip-top, top, top-notch, top-of-the-line, top-shelf, topflight, topping(chiefly British), unsurpassed, wizard(chiefly British), wonderful acceptable, adequate, all right, decent, good, OK(or okay), passable, satisfactory, tolerablebetter, exceptional, fancy, high-grade, high-test, premium, select, special, superfineclassical, standard, traditional out of this world, too much atrocious, awful, execrable, lousy, pathetic, poor, rotten, terrible, vile, wretched bad, inferior, low-grade, substandard, unsatisfactorymediocre, middling, second-class, second-rate showing urgent desire or interesta keen hunger for fame and fortune in the fashion industry agog, antsy, anxious, ardent, athirst, avid, crazy, desirous, eager, enthused, enthusiastic, excited, geeked(slang), great, greedy, gung ho, hepped up, hopped-up, hot, hungry, impatient, juiced, nuts, pumped, raring, solicitous, stoked(slang), thirsty, voracious, wild engaged, interestedhappy, hung up, obsessedambitious, appetent, covetous, craving, hankering, longing, piningbreathless, restive, restlessamenable, disposed, game, glad, inclined, ready, unreluctant, willing champing at the bit, chomping at the bit apathetic, indifferent, uneager, unenthusiastic casual, incurious, insouciant, nonchalant, unconcerned, uninterestedaloof, detached, disinterestedimpassive, stolidhalfhearted, lackadaisical, languid, languorous, lukewarm, spiritlessaverse, disinclined, hesitant, loath(also loth or loathe), reluctant, unwilling extreme in degree, power, or effectmovies gave him keen enjoyment like nothing else acute, almighty, blistering, deep, dreadful, excruciating, explosive, exquisite, fearful, fearsome, ferocious, fierce, frightful, furious, ghastly, hard, heavy, heavy-duty, hellacious, intense, intensive, profound, terrible, vehement, vicious, violent accentuated, aggravated, concentrated, deepenedemphasized, enhanced, heightened, intensified, magnifiedstressedexhaustive, thoroughharsh, rigorous, severe light, moderate, soft feeble, weakshallow, superficialmoderated, qualifiedalleviated, eased, lightened, toned (down)abated, decreased, diminished, lessened, reduced, subdued keennouna crying out in griefthe loud keens of the widows were heard throughout the war-ravaged city groan, howl, lament, lamentation, moan, plaint, wail cry, sob, tearsagonizing, grieving, mourning, sorrowing, suffering, weepinghand-wringing, regretcomplaint, cri de coeur, outcry, protestanguish, dolor, grief, heartache, heartbreak, sorrow, woe exultation, rejoicing cheering, laughing, smiling keenverbto express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomelyvictims of the disaster have been keening for weeks about the slowness of governmental aid beef, bellyache, bitch, bleat, carp, caterwaul, complain, crab, croak, fuss, gripe, grizzle, grouch, grouse, growl, grumble, grump, holler, inveigh, kick, kvetch, maunder(chiefly British), moan, murmur, mutter, nag, repine, scream, squawk, squeal, wail, whimper, whine, whinge(British), yammer, yawp(or yaup), yowl object (to), protest, quarrel (with)cavil, quibblefret, stew, worryblubber, cry, sobbemoan, bewail, deplore, lament kick up a fuss(or kick up a stink) crow, delight, rejoice accept, bear, countenance, endure, take, tolerateapplaud, cheer, commend to make a long loud mournful soundmourners keening for the victims of the bombing bay, howl, ululate, wail, yowl bawl, caterwaul, scream, screech, shriek, shrill, squall, squeal, yawp(or yaup), yell, yelp adj.sharp, keen, acute mean having or showing alert competence and clear understanding.sharp implies quick perception, clever resourcefulness, or sometimes questionable trickiness.sharp enough to spot a confidence game keen suggests quickness, enthusiasm, and a penetrating mind.a keen observer of the political scene acute implies a power to penetrate and may suggest subtlety and sharpness of discrimination.an acute sense of style in the 13th century |