keen - Meaning in Hindi

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keen - Meaning in Hindi

keen Word Forms & Inflections

Definitions and Meaning of keen in English

keen adjective

1. having a sharp cutting edge or point

   अकुंठ, अकुंठित, अकुण्ठ, अकुन्ठित, अनियारी, कटीला, चोंक, चोंकीला, चोखा, तीक्ष्ण, तेज, तेज़, निशित

   Example

   • "a keen blade"
2. painful as if caused by a sharp instrument

   Synonyms

   cutting, knifelike, lancinate, lancinating, piercing, stabbing

   Examples

   • "a cutting wind"
   • "a stabbing pain"
   • "keen winds"
   • "knifelike cold"
   • "lancinating pain"
   • "piercing cold"
   • "piercing criticism"
   • "piercing knifelike pains"
3. very good

   Synonyms

   bang-up, bully, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, dandy, great, great, groovy, neat, nifty, not bad, old, old, peachy, slap-up, smashing, swell

   Examples

   • "a neat sports car"
   • "had a great time at the party"
   • "he did a bully job"
   • "we had a grand old time"
   • "you look simply smashing"
4. intense or sharp

   Synonyms

   exquisite

   Examples

   • "felt exquisite pleasure"
   • "suffered exquisite pain"
5. having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

   Synonyms

   acute, discriminating, incisive, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp, sharp

   Examples

   • "an acute observer of politics and politicians"
   • "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"
   • "frequent penetrative observations"
   • "icy knifelike reasoning"
   • "incisive comments"
   • "penetrating insight"

keen noun

1. a funeral lament sung with loud wailing

keen verb

1. express grief verbally

   Synonyms

   lament

   Example

   • "we lamented the death of the child"

Synonyms of keen

• lament
• cutting, knifelike, lancinate, lancinating, piercing, stabbing
• bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, neat, nifty, not bad, old, peachy, slap-up, smashing, swell
• exquisite
• acute, discriminating, incisive, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp

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