David has a keen interest in aesthetics — the qualities that make a painting, sculpture, musical composition, or poem pleasing to the eye, ear, or mind.
Source: tatoeba (1907)
Keen
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Synonyms for "keen" (625 found)
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Closest matches (125)
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Strong matches (188)
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Adjective(13 words)
Adjective(16 words)
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9 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
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2 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
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28 entriesShowing 16 of 28 words.
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5 entriesTranslations
105 translations across 27 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- skerp adj (sharp-edged)
Bulgarian
4 entries- енергичен adj (showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness)
- интензивен adj (fierce, intense, vehement)
- пронизващ adj (of cold, wind, etc.: cutting, penetrating)
- ревностен adj (showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness)
Catalan
1 entries- entusiasta adj (showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 樂意 /乐意 adj (showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness)
- 渴望 adj (showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness)
- 熱衷於 /热衷于 adj (showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness)
Danish
2 entries- heftig adj (fierce, intense, vehement)
- ivrig adj (showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness)
Dutch
2 entries- scherp adj (sharp-edged)
- snijdend adj (of cold, wind, etc.: cutting, penetrating)
Esperanto
3 entries- akra adj (fierce, intense, vehement)
- akra adj (of cold, wind, etc.: cutting, penetrating)
- intensa adj (fierce, intense, vehement)
Estonian
4 entries- agar adj (showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness)
- innukas adj (showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness)
- terav adj (sharp-edged)
- usin adj (showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness)
Galician
1 entries- entusiasta adj (showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness)
Georgian
4 entries- ბასრი adj (fierce, intense, vehement)
- ინტენსიური adj (fierce, intense, vehement)
- მახვილი adj (fierce, intense, vehement)
- ცხოველი adj (showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness)
German
4 entries- beißend adj (acrimonious, bitter, piercing)
- bitter adj (acrimonious, bitter, piercing)
- gallig adj (acrimonious, bitter, piercing)
- heftig adj (fierce, intense, vehement)
Icelandic
1 entries- áhugasamur adj (showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness)
Italian
4 entries- desideroso adj (showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness)
- disposto adj (showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness)
- entusiasta adj (showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness)
- incline adj (showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness)
Kyrgyz
4 entries- катуу adj (showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness)
- кескин adj (showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness)
- курч adj (showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness)
- курч adj (showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness)
Macedonian
3 entries- остар adj (sharp-edged)
- остроумен adj (acute of mind)
- расположен adj (showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness)
Māori
2 entries- kōtaratara adj (of cold, wind, etc.: cutting, penetrating)
- pūkatokato adj (of cold, wind, etc.: cutting, penetrating)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- ivrig adj (showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- ivrig adj (showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness)
Occitan
3 entries- afogat adj (showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness)
- entosiasta adj (showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness)
- estrambordat adj (showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness)
Old English
2 entries- cēne adj (showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness)
- cēne adj (fierce, intense, vehement)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- ایتی adj (sharp-edged)
- ایتی adj (acrimonious, bitter, piercing)
- كسكین adj (sharp-edged)
Russian
4 entries- интенси́вный adj (fierce, intense, vehement)
- острый adj (sharp-edged)
- прони́зывающий adj (of cold, wind, etc.: cutting, penetrating)
- проница́тельный adj (showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness)
Scots
2 entries- shairp adj (sharp-edged)
- sherp adj (sharp-edged)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- èasgaidh adj (showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness)
Spanish
4 entries- agudo adj (acute of mind)
- aguzado adj (acute of mind)
- ardoroso adj (showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness)
- cortante adj (of cold, wind, etc.: cutting, penetrating)
Turkish
4 entries- ateşli adj (fierce, intense, vehement)
- coşkulu adj (fierce, intense, vehement)
- düşkün adj (showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness)
- hevesli adj (showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness)
Ukrainian
3 entries- гострий adj (sharp-edged)
- пронизливий adj (of cold, wind, etc.: cutting, penetrating)
- проникливий adj (acute of mind)
Sample sentences
39 total sentences available.
A fence between makes love more keen.
Source: tatoeba (20898)
I was keen on classical music in my school days.
Source: tatoeba (21345)
I'm keen on Mary passing the examination.
Source: tatoeba (32046)
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