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Detailed Synonyms for keen in English

keen:

keen adj

  1. keen
    ingenious; skilful; keen; clever; skillful
  2. keen
  3. keen
    keen; sharp
  4. keen
    eager; desirous; keen; avid; eagre
  5. keen
    keen
  6. keen
  7. keen
  8. keen
    desirous; eager; greedy; covetous; avid; keen; thirsty; eagre
  9. keen
    – having a sharp cutting edge or point 1
    keen
    – having a sharp cutting edge or point 1
    • keen adj
      • a keen blade1
  10. keen
    – painful as if caused by a sharp instrument 1
    keen; cutting; piercing; stabbing; lancinate; lancinating; knifelike
    – painful as if caused by a sharp instrument 1
  11. keen
    – intense or sharp 1
    keen; exquisite
    – intense or sharp 1
    • keen adj
    • exquisite adj
      • suffered exquisite pain1
      • felt exquisite pleasure1
  12. keen
    – having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions 1
    keen; sharp; acute; piercing; penetrating; incisive; penetrative; discriminating; knifelike
    – having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions 1

keen [the ~] noun

  1. the keen
    – a funeral lament sung with loud wailing 1
    the keen
    – a funeral lament sung with loud wailing 1

keen verb

  1. keen
    – express grief verbally 1
    keen; to lament
    – express grief verbally 1
    • keen verb
    • lament verb (laments, lamented, lamenting)
      • we lamented the death of the child1

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Related Definitions for "keen":

  1. having a sharp cutting edge or point1
    • a keen blade1
  2. painful as if caused by a sharp instrument1
    • keen winds1
  3. intense or sharp1
  4. having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions1
  5. a funeral lament sung with loud wailing1
  6. express grief verbally1

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