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keenness
zelfstandig naamwoord
1 keenness
A quick and penetrating intelligence:
— I admired the keenness of his mind.
synoniemen: acuity, acuteness, sharpness.
Roget 171:
energy,
physical energy,
force,
power
etc.
157;
keenness
etc.
adj.;
intensity,
vigor,
strength,
elasticity;
go;
high pressure;
fire;
rush.
acrimony,
acritude†;
causiticity†,
virulence;
poignancy;
harshness
etc.
adj.;
severity,
edge,
point;
pungency
etc.
392.
cantharides;
seasoning
etc.
(condiment)
393.
activity,
agitation,
effervescence;
ferment,
fermentation;
ebullition,
splutter,
perturbation,
stir,
bustle;
voluntary energy
etc.
682;
quicksilver.
resolution
etc.
(mental energy)
604;
exertion
etc.
(effort)
686;
excitation
etc.
(mental)
824.
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Nederlands: gehaaid, pienter, scherpte, luciditeit, scherpzinnigheid, schranderheid, spitsheid, vernuft
Pools: przenikliwość
2 keenness
A positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something.
synoniemen: avidity, avidness, eagerness.
Roget 865:
desire,
wish,
fancy,
fantasy;
want,
need,
exigency.
mind,
inclination,
leaning,
bent,
animus,
partiality,
penchant,
predilection;
propensity
etc.
820;
willingness
etc.
602;
liking,
love,
fondness,
relish.
longing,
hankering,
inkling;
solicitude,
anxiety;
yearning,
coveting;
aspiration,
ambition,
vaulting ambition;
eagerness,
zeal,
ardor,
empressement [Fr.],
breathless impatience,
overanxiety;
impetuosity,
etc.
825.
appetite,
appetition†,
appetence†,
appetency†;
sharp appetite,
keenness,
hunger,
stomach,
twist;
thirst,
thirstiness;
drouth,
mouthwatering;
itch,
itching;
prurience,
cacoethes [Lat.],
cupidity,
lust,
concupiscence.
edge of appetite,
edge of hunger;
torment of Tantalus;
sweet tooth,
lickerish tooth†;
itching palm;
longing eye,
wistful eye,
sheep's eye.
[excessive desire for money]
greed
etc.
817.1.
voracity
etc.
(gluttony)
957.
passion,
rage,
furore†,
mania,
manie†;
inextinguishable desire;
dipsomania,
kleptomania.
[Person who desires]
lover,
amateur,
votary,
devotee,
aspirant,
solicitant,
candidate,
applicant,
supplicant;
cormorant
etc.
957.
[Object of desire]
desideratum;
want
etc.
(requirement)
630;
a consummation devoutly to be wished;"
attraction,
magnet,
allurement,
fancy,
temptation,
seduction,
fascination,
prestige,
height of one's ambition,
idol;
whim,
whimsy,
whimsey†;
maggot;
hobby,
hobby-horse.
Fortunatus's cap;
wishing cap,
wishing stone,
wishing well.
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Nederlands: impatience, enthousiasme, gretigheid, begeerte
Pools: skwapliwość
3 keenness
Thinness of edge or fineness of point.
synoniem: sharpness.
Nederlands: gescherptheid, scherpheid
Pools: ostrość
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