Etymology: [ kEn ] (adjective.) 13th century. From Middle English kene (“bold, brave, sharp”), from Old English cēne (“bold, brave”), from Proto-Germanic *kōnjaz (“knowledgeable, skillful, able”), from Proto-Indo-European *g'enə-, *g'nō- (“to know”). Cognate with Old High German kuoni (German kühn, “brave”), Middle Dutch coene, cōne (Dutch koen, “valiant, brave”), Old Norse kœnn (“skillful, sharp”), Danish køn (“handsome”).
piercing; penetrating; cutting; sharp; -- applied to cold, wind, etc,; as, a keen wind; the cold is very keen, Enthusiastic, acute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having or expressing mental acuteness, sharp; having a fine edge or point, vehement; fierce; as, a keen appetite, Marvelous, extremely low as to be competitive, To utter a keen, A prolonged wail for a deceased person, To sharpen; to make cold, brave, courageous; bold, audacious, showing a quick and ardent willingness or responsiveness, enthusiastic, eager; interested, intense, bitter; piercing; acrimonious; cutting; stinging; severe; as, keen satire or sarcasm, sharp; biting, pungent; clever, perceptive, astute; strong, intense; eager, enthusiastic; wonderful, amazing (Slang), If you are a keen supporter of a cause, movement, or idea, you support it enthusiastically. He's been a keen supporter of the Labour Party all his life, If you say that someone has a keen mind, you mean that they are very clever and aware of what is happening around them. They described him as a man of keen intellect + keenly keen·ly They're keenly aware that whatever they decide will set a precedent, If you have a keen eye or ear, you are able to notice things that are difficult to detect. an amateur artist with a keen eye for detail = sharp + keenly keen·ly Charles listened keenly, A keen fight or competition is one in which the competitors are all trying very hard to win, and it is not easy to predict who will win. There is expected to be a keen fight in the local elections. + keenly keen·ly The contest should be very keenly fought, A keen interest or emotion is one that is very intense. He had retained a keen interest in the progress of the work. + keenly keen·ly She remained keenly interested in international affairs This is a keenly awaited project, lament, mourn, wail, wailing mournful sound, lamentation (especially for the dead), Keen prices are low and competitive. The company negotiates very keen prices with their suppliers. + keenly keen·ly The shops also offer a keenly priced curtain-making service, emphasis If you say that someone is mad keen on something, you are emphasizing that they are very enthusiastic about it. So you're not mad keen on science then?. to sing a loud, sad song for someone who has died, If you are keen on something, you like it a lot and are very enthusiastic about it. I got quite keen on the idea + keenness keen·ness his keenness for the arts, You use keen to indicate that someone has a lot of enthusiasm for a particular activity and spends a lot of time doing it. She was a keen amateur photographer, If you describe someone as keen, you mean that they have an enthusiastic nature and are interested in everything that they do. He's a very keen student and works very hard = enthusiastic + keenness keen·ness the keenness of the students, If you are keen on doing something, you very much want to do it. If you are keen that something should happen, you very much want it to happen. You're not keen on going, are you? I'm very keen that the European Union should be as open as possible to trade from Russia She's still keen to keep in touch I am not keen for her to have a bicycle. + keenness keen·ness Doyle's keenness to please. a keenness for the idea of a co-ordinated approach to development. = enthusiasm, as physically painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; "a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "lancinating pain", having a sharp cutting edge or point; "a keen blade", Cf, very penetrating and clear and sharp in operation; "an incisive mind"; "a keen intelligence"; "of sharp and active intellect", To sharpen; to make cold. [R.], a funeral lament sung with loud wailing, very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing", intense or sharp; "suffered exquisite pain"; "felt exquisite pleasure", having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations", express grief verbally; "we lamented the death of the child", To wail as a keener does, Coranach, Piercing; penetrating; cutting; sharp; applied to cold, wind, etc, Eager; vehement; fierce; as, a keen appetite, Acute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having or expressing mental acuteness; as, a man of keen understanding; a keen look; keen features, Sharp; having a fine edge or point; as, a keen razor, or a razor with a keen edge, as, a keen wind; the cold is very keen, a funeral lament sung with loud wailing having a sharp cutting edge or point; "a keen blade, Comparative form of keen: more keen, One who keens at a funeral, Someone who is excessively keen or eager, possibly making others look bad; a brown-noser, Present participle of keen, Sharp, shrill, especially of a sound, Exaggerated moanful wailing at a funeral or wake, An unpleasant sound, sharpness or cutting ability, astuteness or sagacity, eager, enthusiastic, past of keen, A professional mourner who wails at a funeral, comparative of keen, superlative of keen, in a keen and discriminating manner; "he was keenly aware of his own shortcomings, In a keen manner, sharply; pungently; perceptively, astutely; strongly, intensely; eagerly, enthusiastically, in a keen and discriminating manner; "he was keenly aware of his own shortcomings", a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something, sharpness; pungency; cleverness, perceptiveness, astuteness; intenseness; eagerness, enthusiasm, The quality or state of being keen, a quick and penetrating intelligence; "he argued with great acuteness"; "I admired the keenness of his mind", thinness of edge or fineness of point, third person singular of keen, plural of keen,
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piercing; penetrating; cutting; sharp; -- applied to cold, wind, etc,; as, a keen wind; the cold is very keen - "Can we this quote? "Breasts the keen air, and carols as he goes." -Goldsmith."
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Enthusiastic - ""Do you want to learn another language?" / "I'm keen.""
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acute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having or expressing mental acuteness - "Can we this quote? "Before the keen inquiry of her thought." -Cowper."
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sharp; having a fine edge or point - "Can we this quote? "That my keen knife see not the wound it makes." -Shak."
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vehement; fierce; as, a keen appetite - ""So keen and greedy to confound a man." -Shak."
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Marvelous - "I just got this peachy keen new dress."
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extremely low as to be competitive - "keen prices"
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To utter a keen - "Keen—meaning 'brisk'? Nay, here the Language warps:'Tis singing bawdy Ballads to a Corpse."
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A prolonged wail for a deceased person
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To sharpen; to make cold - ""Cold winter keens the brightening flood." -Thomson."
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brave, courageous; bold, audacious
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showing a quick and ardent willingness or responsiveness, enthusiastic, eager; interested, intense
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bitter; piercing; acrimonious; cutting; stinging; severe; as, keen satire or sarcasm - "Can we this quote? "Good father cardinal, cry thou amen to my keen curses." -Shak."
If you are a keen supporter of a cause, movement, or idea, you support it enthusiastically. He's been a keen supporter of the Labour Party all his life
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If you say that someone has a keen mind, you mean that they are very clever and aware of what is happening around them. They described him as a man of keen intellect + keenly keen·ly They're keenly aware that whatever they decide will set a precedent
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If you have a keen eye or ear, you are able to notice things that are difficult to detect. an amateur artist with a keen eye for detail = sharp + keenly keen·ly Charles listened keenly
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A keen fight or competition is one in which the competitors are all trying very hard to win, and it is not easy to predict who will win. There is expected to be a keen fight in the local elections. + keenly keen·ly The contest should be very keenly fought
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A keen interest or emotion is one that is very intense. He had retained a keen interest in the progress of the work. + keenly keen·ly She remained keenly interested in international affairs This is a keenly awaited project
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lament, mourn, wail fiil
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wailing mournful sound, lamentation (especially for the dead) isim
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Keen prices are low and competitive. The company negotiates very keen prices with their suppliers. + keenly keen·ly The shops also offer a keenly priced curtain-making service
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emphasis If you say that someone is mad keen on something, you are emphasizing that they are very enthusiastic about it. So you're not mad keen on science then?. to sing a loud, sad song for someone who has died
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If you are keen on something, you like it a lot and are very enthusiastic about it. I got quite keen on the idea + keenness keen·ness his keenness for the arts
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You use keen to indicate that someone has a lot of enthusiasm for a particular activity and spends a lot of time doing it. She was a keen amateur photographer
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If you describe someone as keen, you mean that they have an enthusiastic nature and are interested in everything that they do. He's a very keen student and works very hard = enthusiastic + keenness keen·ness the keenness of the students
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If you are keen on doing something, you very much want to do it. If you are keen that something should happen, you very much want it to happen. You're not keen on going, are you? I'm very keen that the European Union should be as open as possible to trade from Russia She's still keen to keep in touch I am not keen for her to have a bicycle. + keenness keen·ness Doyle's keenness to please. a keenness for the idea of a co-ordinated approach to development. = enthusiasm
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as physically painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; "a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "lancinating pain"
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having a sharp cutting edge or point; "a keen blade"
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very penetrating and clear and sharp in operation; "an incisive mind"; "a keen intelligence"; "of sharp and active intellect"
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To sharpen; to make cold. [R.]
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a funeral lament sung with loud wailing
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very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"
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intense or sharp; "suffered exquisite pain"; "felt exquisite pleasure"
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having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations"
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express grief verbally; "we lamented the death of the child"
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To wail as a keener does
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Coranach
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Piercing; penetrating; cutting; sharp; applied to cold, wind, etc
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Eager; vehement; fierce; as, a keen appetite
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Acute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having or expressing mental acuteness; as, a man of keen understanding; a keen look; keen features
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Sharp; having a fine edge or point; as, a keen razor, or a razor with a keen edge
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as, a keen wind; the cold is very keen
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a funeral lament sung with loud wailing having a sharp cutting edge or point; "a keen blade
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keener
Comparative form of keen: more keen
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One who keens at a funeral
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Someone who is excessively keen or eager, possibly making others look bad; a brown-noser
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keening
Present participle of keen
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keening
Sharp, shrill, especially of a sound - "The keening sound of a dentist's drill sets my teeth on edge""
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keening
Exaggerated moanful wailing at a funeral or wake
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keening
An unpleasant sound
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keenness
sharpness or cutting ability
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keenness
astuteness or sagacity
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keen to
eager, enthusiastic
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past of keen
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keener
A professional mourner who wails at a funeral
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keener
comparative of keen
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keenest
superlative of keen
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keenly
in a keen and discriminating manner; "he was keenly aware of his own shortcomings
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