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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]