Meaning of "keen" : Online English Dictionary : Word Search by Wordhut.com

Meaning of keen

1. (n) a funeral lament sung with loud wailing

2. (v) express grief verbally; "we lamented the death of the child"

3. (adj.sat.) having a sharp cutting edge or point; "a keen blade"

4. (adj.sat.) 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"

5. (adj.sat.) very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"

6. (adj.sat.) very penetrating and clear and sharp in operation; "an incisive mind"; "a keen intelligence"; "of sharp and active intellect"

7. (adj.sat.) intense or sharp; "suffered exquisite pain"; "felt exquisite pleasure"

8. (adj.sat.) 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 pene

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