Dictionary Entry
trenchant
trenchant is a 9-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp.
- 2transitive verb
Fig.: Keen; biting; severe; as, trenchant wit.
- 3adjective
clearly or sharply defined to the mind
"clear-cut evidence of tampering"
"Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct...intentions of conquest"
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- 4adjective
characterized by or full of force and vigor
"a hard-hitting expose"
"a trenchant argument"
- 5adjective
having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect
"searching insights"
"trenchant criticism"
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