Keenest

Synonyms for "keenest" (625 found)

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Closest matches (125)

sharp acute ardent biting exquisite lament ablaze able absorbing ace-high acerb acerbate acerbic acid acidic acidulent acidulous acrid acrimonious active

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Verb(9 words)

lament wail afterthink begrieve bemoan besorrow bewail beweep condole

Adjective(7 words)

ingenious abuzz acute ardent big biting clear

Adjective(4 words)

acute bang-up bully corking

Strong matches (188)

crackerjack crafty crazy creak creaky crisp crow cry cunning cutting dandy dashing dead march death knell death song deep deep-felt deepgoing delicious delirious

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deplore desirous detailed devastating devoted devoted to dexterous dirge discerning discriminating discriminative distinct distressful distressing divine dolorous tirade double edged double-edged drastic drawl droll drunk ducky dynamic eager ear piercing ear-piercing earnest edged elegize elegy enamored of energetic enterprising enthusiastic epicedium escharotic eulogy excessive excited exclaim excruciating exorbitant extravagant extreme exuberant fab fabulous facetious fast featheredged febrile fervent fervid fevered feverish fierce fiery fine fine and dandy fired flaming flushed flute fond of forceful forcible forward freezing freezing cold fresh frigid full of life full of pep funeral march funeral oration funeral song funny furious gasp gay gear gelid gifted give sorrow words glacial glad glorious glowing go go go-go graveside oration great grieve grievous groan groovy growl grunt gung ho hard harsh heartfelt hearty heated heavy hibernal hiemal hiss homefelt hot howl howling humorous humorsome hungry hunky dory hunky-dory hyperborean ice cold ice-cold ice-encrusted icelike icy immoderate impassioned impatient impetuous incisive inclement inclined indelible ingenious intelligent intemperate intense intent intoxicated irritating itching jam-up jeremiad jesting jocose jocular joking joky

Adjective(8 words)

cracking cutting dandy discriminating exquisite great groovy incisive

Adjective(7 words)

cutting eager effervescent fain intelligent intoxicate jazzed

Verb(6 words)

deplore deprecate elegize grieve grieven howl

Related words (312)

joshing judicial just dandy keen-edged keen-witted keening kinetic knell knifelike lamentation lancinating lilt lively living luminous lusty mad marvelous marvy mean

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mettlesome moan monody mood mordacious mordant mourn muffled drums mumble murmur mutter neat nice nifty nimble nimble witted nimble-witted nipping nippy no dumbbell nobby nose tickling nose-tickling not born yesterday numbing nutty observant ok okay on fire on the on the alert on the ball on the job out of sight out of this world outcry outrageous painful pant panting passing bell passionate peachy peachy-keen penetrating penetrative peppery peppy perceptive percipient perfervid perspicacious pert pervading piercing pinching pipe piping piquant plaint planctus poignant pointed profound prompt pungent qui vive quick quick witted quick-thinking quick-witted rabid rapier-like raring to raw razor-edged ready ready and willing receptive red hot red-hot reedy repine requiem responsive rigorous ripping roar robust rough rousing rum rumble sagacious salt salty sarcastic sardonic scathing scintillating scorching screak screaky scream screech screeching screechy scrumptious searing sensational sensitive set severe sharp eyed sharp-sighted sharp-witted sharpened shrewd shriek shrieking shrieky shrill siberian sibilate sigh sing sing the blues skirl skreigh slap-up sleepless sleety slushy smacking smart smashing snap snappy snarl snort sob solicitous solid something else sorrow sough sour spanking sparkling specific spiffing spiffy spirited splendid splitting sprightly squall squawk squeak squeaking squeaky squeal stabbing steaming steamy steel-trap stinging stone cold stone-cold strenuous strident stringent strong stunning subzero super supercooled swell take charge take-charge take-over talented tart terrific thin thirsty threnode threnody thunder tirade tough trenchant trumpet twang two-edged ululant ululate ululation unblinking unconscionable unmistakable unmistaken unnodding unrestrained unsleeping unwinking vehement venomous vibrant vigilant vigorous violent virulent vital vitriolic vivacious vivid wail wail of woe wailing wakeful want warble warm weep weep over whimper whimsical whine whining whisper whistle whistling wide awake wide-awake winterbound winterlike wintery wintry wise withering witty wizard wrawl yammer yap yawp yell yelp yowl zealous zestful zesty zippy

Adjective(13 words)

juiced penetrating piercing prompt psyched quick on the uptake quickwitted raring sharp sharp as a tack shrewd wanton youthful

Adjective(16 words)

knifelike lancinate lancinating neat nifty not bad old peachy penetrating penetrative piercing sharp slap-up smashing stabbing swell

Verb(8 words)

mean mourn pine repent sigh sorrow treble wayment

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A bear has one of the keenest noses in the animal kingdom.

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The keenest pleasure is derived from learning.

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He sympathized with, albeit his sceptic spirit could not quite fraternize with, the sensitive vibrating nature of Molière, that brought, along with acutest enjoyment, the keenest suffering.

Source: tatoeba (11909831)

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