trenchant

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of TRENCHANT

having an edge thin enough to cut or pierce something <even the most trenchant sword could not sever the bonds of loyalty between them>

Synonyms cutting, edged, edgy, ground, honed, keen, sharpened, stropped, trenchant, whetted

Related Words clawlike, daggerlike, knifelike; jabbing, jagged, lacerating, piercing, scratching, stabbing; pointed, pointy, spiky (also spikey)

Near Antonyms rounded, smooth; soft; even, flat, level, slick

Antonyms blunt, blunted, dull, dulled, obtuse

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