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Defenition of the word keen

    • Defenition of the word keen

      • Full of or characterized by enthusiasm.
      • 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"
      • (informal) very good; "a bully pulpit"; "a cool sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"
      • 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"
      • intense or sharp; "suffered exquisite pain"; "felt exquisite pleasure"
      • very penetrating and clear and sharp in operation; "an incisive mind"; "a keen intelligence"; "of sharp and active intellect"
      • having a sharp cutting edge or point; "a keen blade"
      • (Irish) a funeral lament sung with loud wailing
      • express grief verbally
      • a funeral lament sung with loud wailing
      • express grief verbally; "we lamented the death of the child"
      • 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"
      • very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"
      • 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
      • having a sharp cutting edge or point
      • painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
      • very good
      • intense or sharp
      • having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

    Synonyms for the word keen

      • acute
      • ardent
      • astute
      • bang-up
      • biting
      • bitter
      • bully
      • clear
      • cool
      • corking
      • cracking
      • cutting
      • dandy
      • dedicated
      • devoted
      • discriminating
      • eager
      • earnest
      • enthusiastic
      • excellent
      • exquisite
      • fanatical
      • fervid
      • finely honed
      • good
      • great
      • groovy
      • highly sensitive
      • incisive
      • intense
      • knifelike
      • lament
      • neat
      • nice
      • nifty
      • not bad
      • peachy
      • penetrating
      • penetrative
      • perceptive
      • perspicacious
      • piercing
      • razor sharp
      • satirical
      • sharp
      • sharp-edged
      • shrewd
      • slap-up
      • smashing
      • splendid
      • stabbing
      • strong
      • swell
      • well developed
      • wholehearted
      • wonderful
      • zealous

    Similar words in the keen

      • good
      • intelligent
      • intense
      • keen
      • keenan
      • keenan's
      • keened
      • keener
      • keenest
      • keening
      • keenly
      • keenness
      • keenness's
      • keens
      • perceptive
      • sharp

    Hypernyms for the word keen

      • coronach
      • dirge
      • express emotion
      • express feelings
      • lament
      • requiem
      • surname
      • threnody

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