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keen

noun

Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
Word type
noun
verb
adjective
adverb
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instance, member or derived
substance, domain or see-also
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Senses

Sense 1 noun

a funeral lament sung with loud wailing

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Sense 2 verb

express grief verbally

we lamented the death of the child

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Sense 3 adjective

having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

an acute observer of politics and politicians

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Sense 4 adjective

intense or sharp

suffered exquisite pain

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Sense 5 adjective

very good

he did a bully job

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Sense 6 adjective

painful as if caused by a sharp instrument

a cutting wind

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Sense 7 adjective

having a sharp cutting edge or point

a keen blade

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SenseRelationGroupWord
1 derivation Related & opposite lament
1 domain region Related & opposite Hibernia
1 hypernym Types & categories dirge
2 derivation Related & opposite lamentation
2 derivation Related & opposite elegy
2 derivation Related & opposite keen
2 derivation Related & opposite dirge
2 derivation Related & opposite lamentation
2 derivation Related & opposite mourner
2 entails Related & opposite sorrow
2 hypernym Types & categories express emotion
3 derivation Related & opposite incisiveness
3 derivation Related & opposite sharpness
3 derivation Related & opposite fathom
3 similar to Related & opposite perceptive
4 similar to Related & opposite intense
5 domain usage Related & opposite colloquialism
5 similar to Related & opposite good
6 similar to Related & opposite sharp
7 derivation Related & opposite keenness
7 similar to Related & opposite sharp