The criticism was trenchant but fair.
Source: tatoeba (1762013)
Trenchant
/ˈtɹɛnʃənt/
Synonyms for "trenchant" (165 found)
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9 entriesbiting critiquecaustic remarkcrisp argumentefficient proseincisive argumentpiercing remarkprecise wordingscathing summarysharp critique
Collocations
6 entriestrenchant analysistrenchant argumenttrenchant critiquetrenchant prosetrenchant remarktrenchant wit
Inflections
2 entriesmore trenchantmost trenchant
Derivations
2 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
11 translations across 8 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- рязко очертан adj (sharp)
Finnish
2 entries- pureva adj (sharp)
- terävä adj (sharp)
French
1 entries- tranchant adj (sharp)
German
1 entries- schneidend adj (sharp)
Ido
2 entries- tranchema adj (sharp)
- tranchiva adj (sharp)
Portuguese
2 entries- afiado adj (sharp)
- cortante adj (sharp)
Russian
1 entries- о́стрый adj (sharp)
Swedish
1 entries- skarp adj (sharp)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
First, my dear sir, in political matters, my humble views are not strong, and trenchant—as yours are become by experience—but exceedingly large, and lenient; because I have never had anything at all to do with politics.
Source: tatoeba (10960110)
The trenchant blade, Toledo trusty, / For want of fighting was grown rusty, / And ate into itself, for lack / Of somebody to hew and hack.
Source: wiktionary
The trenchant talonid is a character of some miacids and distinguishes these teeth from the hyaenodontids and oxyaenids.
Source: wiktionary
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