Definition of keen

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Keen (v. i.) To wail as a keener does.

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Eager :: Eager (a.) Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.
Dull :: Dull (superl.) Not keen in edge or point; lacking sharpness; blunt.
Satire :: Satire (a.) Keeness and severity of remark; caustic exposure to reprobation; trenchant wit; sarcasm.
Keener :: Keener (n.) A professional mourner who wails at a funeral.
Sagacious :: Sagacious (a.) Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in following a trail.
Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Very trying to the feelings; piercing; keen; severe; painful; distressing; as, sharp pain, weather; a sharp and frosty air..
Scentful :: Scentful (a.) Of quick or keen smell.
Water :: Water (n.) A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc. See Water, v. t., 3, Damask, v. t., and Damaskeen..
Nankeen :: Nankeen (n.) Trousers made of nankeen.
Nankeen :: Nankeen (n.) An imitation of this cloth by artificial coloring.
Ingenious :: Ingenious (a.) Witty; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious; as, an ingenious reply..
Hungerly :: Hungerly (adv.) With keen appetite.
Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To give a keen edge or fine point to; to make sharper; as, to sharpen an ax, or the teeth of a saw..
Quaker :: Quaker (n.) The nankeen bird.
Sharp-set :: Sharp-set (a.) Eager in appetite or desire of gratification; affected by keen hunger; ravenous; as, an eagle or a lion sharp-set..
Keenly :: Keenly (adv.) In a keen manner.
Agony :: Agony (n.) Paroxysm of joy; keen emotion.
Shrewd :: Shrewd (superl.) Able or clever in practical affairs; sharp in business; astute; sharp-witted; sagacious; keen; as, a shrewd observer; a shrewd design; a shrewd reply..
Parlous :: Parlous (a.) Venturesome; bold; mischievous; keen.
Satire :: Satire (a.) A composition, generally poetical, holding up vice or folly to reprobation; a keen or severe exposure of what in public or private morals deserves rebuke; an invective poem; as, the Satires of Juvenal..
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