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    trenchant
    /ˈtrɛ(t)ʃ(ə)nt/

    adjective

    • 1. vigorous or incisive in expression or style: "the White Paper makes trenchant criticisms of health authorities"
    • 2. (of a weapon or tool) having a sharp edge: archaic, literary "a trenchant blade"

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    The meaning of TRENCHANT is keen, sharp. How to use trenchant in a sentence. Did you know?

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    TRENCHANT definition: 1. severe, expressing strong criticism or forceful opinions: 2. severe, expressing strong…. Learn more.

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    TRENCHANT meaning: 1. severe, expressing strong criticism or forceful opinions: 2. severe, expressing strong…. Learn more.

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    Trenchant definition: incisive or keen, as language or a person; caustic; cutting. See examples of TRENCHANT used in a sentence.

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    You can use trenchant to describe something such as a criticism or comment that is very clear, effective, and forceful. [formal] He was shattered and bewildered by this trenchant criticism. His comment was trenchant and perceptive. Synonyms: clear, driving, strong, powerful More Synonyms of trenchant.

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    If you're trenchant, it means you think or say smart, sharply worded things that cut right to the heart of the matter. A trenchant observation is one that makes people scratch their chins thoughtfully, or wince with embarrassment for whomever you're talking about, or both.

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    adj. 1. Forceful and clear; penetrating: a trenchant argument. 2. Caustic; cutting: a trenchant wit. 3. Distinct; clear-cut: "The times were felt to require ... trenchant distinctions between good and bad, right and wrong" (David Simpson). [Middle English, from Old French, cutting, from present participle of trenchier, to cut; see trench .]

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    Definition of trenchant adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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    trenchant meaning, definition, what is trenchant: expressed very strongly, effectively, an...: Learn more.

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    Trenchant definition: incisive or keen, as language or a person; caustic; cutting. See examples of TRENCHANT used in a sentence.