noun
- A funeral lament sung with loud wailing.
verb
- Express grief verbally.
- usage: "we lamented the death of the child"
- synonyms: lament
adjective
- Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions.
- usage: "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations"
- synonyms: acute, discriminating, incisive, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp
- Intense or sharp.
- usage: "suffered exquisite pain"; "felt exquisite pleasure"
- synonyms: exquisite
- Very good.
- usage: "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"
- Painful as if caused by a sharp instrument.
- usage: "a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "lancinating pain"
- Having a sharp cutting edge or point.
- usage: "a keen blade"
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