Trenchant Definition

trĕnchənt
adjective
Cutting; sharp.
Webster's New World
Keen; penetrating; incisive.
Trenchant words.
Webster's New World
Forceful; vigorous; effective.
A trenchant argument.
Webster's New World
Clear-cut; distinct.
A trenchant pattern.
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Origin of Trenchant

  • Middle English from Old French cutting from present participle of trenchier to cut trench

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French, from the present participle of trenchier, "to cut."

    From Wiktionary

Trenchant Sentence Examples

  • The work consists of brief, vigorous and trenchant delineations of moral types, which contain a most valuable picture of the life of his time.

  • This trenchant analysis is, however, not universally admitted.

  • Intellectually trenchant and emotionally brutal, the film is also a feast of outstanding acting.

  • On the one hand, it was a trenchant critique of modernity.

  • Occasionally even there are touches of humour and of trenchant satire - always the sign of an honest writer.

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Words Starting With

TTRTRE

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