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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect;
- Example: "searching insights"
- Example: "trenchant criticism"
[syn: searching, trenchant]

2. characterized by or full of force and vigor;
- Example: "a hard-hitting expose"
- Example: "a trenchant argument"
[syn: hard-hitting, trenchant]

3. clearly or sharply defined to the mind;
- Example: "clear-cut evidence of tampering"
- Example: "Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct...intentions of conquest"
- Example: "trenchant distinctions between right and wrong"
[syn: clear-cut, distinct, trenchant]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Trenchant \Trench"ant\, a. [OF. trenchant, F. tranchant, p. pr.
   See Trench, v. t.]
   1. Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp. " Trenchant was
      the blade." --Chaucer.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Fig.: Keen; biting; severe; as, trenchant wit.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

trenchant
    adj 1: having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in
           thought, expression, or intellect; "searching insights";
           "trenchant criticism" [syn: searching, trenchant]
    2: characterized by or full of force and vigor; "a hard-hitting
       expose"; "a trenchant argument" [syn: hard-hitting,
       trenchant]
    3: clearly or sharply defined to the mind; "clear-cut evidence
       of tampering"; "Claudius was the first to invade Britain with
       distinct...intentions of conquest"; "trenchant distinctions
       between right and wrong" [syn: clear-cut, distinct,
       trenchant]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

134 Moby Thesaurus words for "trenchant":
   acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulent, acidulous,
   acrid, acrimonious, active, acute, aggressive, animated,
   apperceptive, appercipient, argute, asperous, astringent, astute,
   biting, bitter, brisk, caustic, clear-cut, cogent, corroding,
   corrosive, crisp, cutting, discerning, double-edged, driving,
   dynamic, edged, effective, energetic, enterprising, enthusiastic,
   escharotic, farseeing, farsighted, fierce, forceful, forcible,
   foreseeing, foresighted, forethoughted, forethoughtful,
   full of pep, go-go, gutsy, harsh, hearty, imperative, impetuous,
   impressive, incisive, ingoing, intense, irritating, keen, kinetic,
   lively, living, longheaded, longsighted, lusty, mettlesome,
   mordacious, mordant, nervous, nose-tickling, penetrating, peppy,
   perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, perspicuous, piercing,
   piquant, poignant, pointed, powerful, probing, provident, punchy,
   pungent, rigorous, robust, rough, sagacious, salty, sarcastic,
   sardonic, satiric, scalding, scathing, scorching, sensational,
   severe, sharp, sinewed, sinewy, slashing, smacking, snappy, sour,
   spanking, spirited, stabbing, stinging, strenuous, strident,
   striking, stringent, strong, take-charge, take-over, tart, telling,
   understanding, vehement, vibrant, vigorous, violent, virulent,
   vital, vitriolic, vivacious, vivid, withering, zestful, zesty,
   zippy