forceful, vigorous; keen, incisive; sharply defined
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Trenchant Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp.
Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp.
(v. t.)
Fig.: Keen; biting; severe; as, trenchant wit.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutFig.: Keen; biting; severe; as, trenchant wit.
trenchant
\trench"ant\ (?), a. [of. trenchant, f. tranchant, p. pr. see trench, v. t.]
1. fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp. " trenchant was the blade."
2. fig.: keen; biting; severe; as, trenchant wit.
trenchant
adj
1. having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect; "searching insights"; "trenchant criticism" [syn: searching]
2. characterized by or full of force and vigor; "a hard-hitting expose"; "a trenchant argument" [syn: hard-hitting]
3. clearly or sharply defined to the mind; "clear-cut evidence of tampering"; "claudius was the first to invade britain with distinct...intentions of conquest"; "trenchant distinctions between right and wrong" [syn: clear-cut, distinct]
Cutting deeply and quickly.
Adjective
1. having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect; "searching insights"; "trenchant criticism"
(synonym) searching
(similar) intelligent
2. characterized by or full of force and vigor; "a hard-hitting expose"; "a trenchant argument"
(synonym) hard-hitting
(similar) effective, effectual, efficacious
3. clearly or sharply defined to the mind; "clear-cut evidence of tampering"; "Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct...intentions of conquest"; "trenchant distinctions between right and wrong"
(synonym) clear-cut, distinct
(similar) clear
Trenchant Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Three vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Trenchant:
- Trenchant (1916), a 1,085 ton modified 'R' class destroyer
- Trenchant (P331), a 'T' class diesel submarine (1943)
- Trenchant (S91), a 5,200 ton Trafalgar class nuclear powered submarine
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