Usually means: Sharp, effective, and clear-cut expression.
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General (35 matching dictionaries)
  1. trenchant: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. trenchant: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. trenchant: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. trenchant: Collins English Dictionary
  5. trenchant: Vocabulary.com
  6. Trenchant, trenchant: Wordnik
  7. trenchant: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. trenchant: Wiktionary
  9. trenchant: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. trenchant: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. trenchant: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. trenchant: Dictionary.com
  13. trenchant: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. trenchant: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Trenchant: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Trenchant: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. trenchant: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. trenchant: Rhymezone
  19. Trenchant: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. trenchant: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. trenchant: Free Dictionary
  22. trenchant: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  23. trenchant: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. trenchant: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  25. trenchant: Dictionary/thesaurus
  26. trenchant: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. trenchant: Legal dictionary

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  1. trenchant: Encyclopedia

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  1. trenchant: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adjective:  (obsolete) Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp.
▸ adjective:  (zoology, of teeth) Adapted for tearing into flesh.
▸ adjective:  (figuratively) Keen; biting; vigorously articulate and effective; severe.

Similar:
hard-hitting, clear, clear-cut, searching, intelligent, effective, effectual, efficacious, distinct, poignant, more...

Opposite:
blunt, mild, gentle, soft

Types:
sarcastic, cynical, witty, ironic, sardonic, more...

Adjectives:
more, same, few, general, bold, striking, own, immense, whole, small, ful


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Similar:
hard-hitting, clear, clear-cut, searching, intelligent, effective, effectual, efficacious, distinct, poignant, more...

Opposite:
blunt, mild, gentle, soft

Types:
sarcastic, cynical, witty, ironic, sardonic, more...

Adjectives:
more, same, few, general, bold, striking, own, immense, whole, small, ful



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