trenchant : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: trenchant	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for trenchant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
trenchant adj having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect; "searching insights"; "trenchant criticism" Synonym(s): searching, trenchant characterized by or full of force and vigor; "a hard-hitting expose"; "a trenchant argument" Synonym(s): hard-hitting, trenchant clearly or sharply defined to the mind; "clear-cut evidence of tampering"; "Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct...intentions of conquest"; "trenchant distinctions between right and wrong" Synonym(s): clear-cut, distinct, trenchant
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trenchant \Trench"ant\, a. [OF. trenchant, F. tranchant, p. pr. See {Trench}, v. t.] 1. Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp. [bd] Trenchant was the blade.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. Fig.: Keen; biting; severe; as, trenchant wit.