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Keen
KEEN, a.
1. Eager; vehement; as hungry curs too keen at the sport.
The sheep were so keen on the acorns--
2. Eager; sharp; as a keen appetite.
3. Sharp; having a very fine edge; as a keen razor, or a razor with a keen edge. We say a keen edge, but a sharp point.
4. Piercing; penetrating; severe; applied to cold or to wind; as a keen wind; the cold is very keen.
5. Bitter; piercing; acrimonious; as keen satire or sarcasm.
Good father cardinal, cry thou amen,
To my keen curses.
KEEN, v.t. To sharpen. [Unusual.]
keen appears in definitions for these words:
Acutely Anguish Athirst Bitterness Eager Eagerly Eagle Edge Edged Exasperating Exquisitely Exquisiteness Fierceness Fineness Greedily Greediness Greedy Hanker Hankering Hearty Hot Hungerly Hungrily Hungry Intense Ire Keen Keenness Lickerish Nip Pall Parlous Piercing Piercingness Poignancy Poignant Poignantly Pointedness Pointless Pungency Quicken Quickening Rebate Remorse Sarasin Satirize Satyr Sharp Sharp-edged Sharp-set Sharpen Sharply Sharpness Sighted Smart Smartly Tart Tartar Tartness Twinge Warm Wing Wrinkle
Acutely Anguish Athirst Bitterness Eager Eagerly Eagle Edge Edged Exasperating Exquisitely Exquisiteness Fierceness Fineness Greedily Greediness Greedy Hanker Hankering Hearty Hot Hungerly Hungrily Hungry Intense Ire Keen Keenness Lickerish Nip Pall Parlous Piercing Piercingness Poignancy Poignant Poignantly Pointedness Pointless Pungency Quicken Quickening Rebate Remorse Sarasin Satirize Satyr Sharp Sharp-edged Sharp-set Sharpen Sharply Sharpness Sighted Smart Smartly Tart Tartar Tartness Twinge Warm Wing Wrinkle
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