Trenchant
['tren(t)ʃ(ə)nt] or ['trɛntʃənt]
Definition
(v. t.) Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp.
(v. t.) Fig.: Keen; biting; severe; as, trenchant wit.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Cutting, sharp, incisive.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Sharp, cutting, severe, sarcastic, unsparing, incisive,[See INFRINGE]
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Examples
- My sister had a trenchant way of cutting our bread and butter for us, that never varied. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The trenchant divisions between right and wrong, honest and dishonest, respectable and the reverse, had left so little scope for the unforeseen. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Many timid remonstrances had she uttered to George in behalf of her brother, but the former in his trenchant way cut these entreaties short. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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