trenchant

trenchant
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. cutting, incisive, penetrating; thoroughgoing; clear-cut, keen, sharp, biting, crisp; energetic. See power, feeling.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Having a cutting edge]
Syn. cutting, incisive, keen, biting, pungent, severe, razor-fine; see also sharp 1 .
Ant. dull*, blunt, flat.
2. [Sharp intellectually]
Syn. unsparing, critical, emphatic, vigorous, impressive, strong, dynamic, pointed, intense, positive, weighty, salient, significant, pithy, sententious, crushing, forcible, crisp, caustic, concise, succinct, razor-sharp, comprehensive, pregnant, neat, to the point, graphic, explicit, ponderous; see also intelligent 1 , profound 2 .
Ant. weak*, shallow, feeble.
See Synonym Study at incisive .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a.
[TRENCH unt]
sharp, scathing or penetrating.
He gave a trenchant critique of the movie.
SYN.: sharp, scathing, cutting, biting, pointed, caustic, acerbic, sarcastic, penetrating, incisive, keen, strong, forceful.
ANT.: mild, dull, weak, *watered-down
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Possessing or displaying perceptions of great accuracy and sensitivity: acute, incisive, keen1, penetrating, perceptive, probing, sensitive, sharp. See CAREFUL, SHARP. 2. So sharp as to cause mental pain: acerbic, acid, acidic, acrid, astringent, biting, caustic, corrosive, cutting, mordacious, mordant, pungent, scathing, sharp, slashing, stinging, truculent, vitriolic. See ATTACK, RESPECT.

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  • trenchant — early 14c., cutting, sharp, from O.Fr. trenchant cutting, sharp, prp. of trenchier to cut (see TRENCH (Cf. trench)). Figurative sense is recorded from c.1600 …   Etymology dictionary

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