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Adjective: keen (keener,keenest) keen- Having a strong or impatient wish to do something
"She was keen to start the new project"; - eager - Having or showing great excitement and interest
"The keen students eagerly participated in the discussion"; - enthusiastic - Having a sharp cutting edge or point
"a keen blade" - Intense or sharp
"suffered keen pain"; - exquisite - Having or showing quick and precise discernment or understanding; mentally perceptive and astute
"Her keen analysis revealed subtle patterns in the data"; - acute, discriminating, incisive, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp - Excellent
"he did a keen job"; - bang-up [N. Amer, informal], bully [informal], corking [Brit, informal], cracking [Brit, informal], dandy [informal], great, groovy [informal], neat, nifty [informal], not bad [informal], peachy, slap-up [informal], swell [informal], smashing [Brit, informal], old, not half bad [informal], grouse [Austral, NZ, informal], ripper [Austral, informal], lovely - Painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
"keen winds"; - cutting, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating Noun: keen keen- A funeral lament sung with loud wailing
"The mourners' keen could be heard throughout the village" Verb: keen keen- Express grief verbally
"we keened the death of the child"; - lament
Derived forms: keenest, keening, keens, keener, keened See also: anxious, ardent, avid, crazy [informal], dotty [Brit, informal], dying, evangelical, evangelistic, gaga [informal], glowing, good, gung ho, hot [informal], impatient, intense, overeager, overenthusiastic, passionate, perceptive, raring, sharp, spirited, warm, wild [informal], zealous Type of: coronach, dirge, express emotion, express feelings, lament, requiem, threnode, threnody Encyclopedia: Keen, Michael |