keen

Significat (Anglès)

Adj

1. (Commonwealth) Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.
2. Fierce, intense, vehement.
3. Having a fine edge or point; sharp.
4. Acute of mind, having or expressing mental acuteness; penetrating, sharp.
5. Acrimonious, bitter, piercing.
6. Of cold, wind, etc.: cutting, penetrating, piercing, sharp.
7. (British) Of prices, extremely low as to be competitive.
8. (US, dated, informal) Marvelous.
9. (obsolete) Brave, courageous; audacious, bold.

Verb

To make cold, to sharpen.

Noun

A prolonged wail for a deceased person.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To utter a keen.
2. (transitive) To utter with a loud wailing voice or wordless cry.
3. (transitive) To mourn.

Sinònims

sharp

acute

acrid

poignant

acrimonious

waspish

lurid

eager

clever

shrewd

trenchant

piercing

enthusiastic

smart

pointed

astute

ardent

cutting

biting

penetrating

incisive

pungent

shrill

passionate

adroit

vigorous

avid

bitter

bright

zealous

perspicacious

lively

subtle

knifelike

active

brisk

fine

sagacious

alert

intelligent

fervent

acerbic

severe

lament

industrious

racy

cracking

fly

✈️

harsh

dandy

delicate

perky

ingenious

diligent

vivid

discriminating

nipping

nifty

bewail

spry

stabbing

nasty

sprited

witty

sprightly

bang-up

intense

slap-up

strident

tart

astringent

clear

sensitive

vehement

ready

corking

good

👍

acerb

acidulous

assiduous

blistering

brilliant

bully

caustic

crisp

desirous

essence

excellent

exquisite

fervid

fresh

great

greedy

groovy

hard

hearty

heated

hot

🥵

interested

lancinating

mordacious

mordant

neat

nice

not bad

outstanding

peachy

penetrative

quick

quick-witted

sharp-witted

smashing

snappy

spicy

splendid

stiff

strict

swell

unmixed

warm

☀️

lancinate

exemplary

exact

acuate

iron

jimdandy

judicial

judicious

kind

energetic

elaborated

be enthusiastic

light

edgy

loud

lucid

edged

manic

marvelous

mature

fulgurating

keen on

earnest

be eager

be zealous

dour

discriminative

nippy

notable

acumination

noteworthy

noticeable

obsequious

on the nose

cuspidated

parlous

discerning

enhusiastic

peak

peaked

peaky

devoted

readywitted

perceptive

percipient

determined

desire

cuspidate

piked

piquant

cuspidal

cry out

pointy

precise

prominent

crucial

unmalleable

be earnest

rabid

crackerjack

raging

copesetic

real

recollective

remarkable

retentive

rhapsodic

riveting

rough

ruffianly

concentrated

salient

salty

scathing

screechy

searching

select

clear-sighted

sensitiveness

sensitivity

sensual

chase

careful

sharp-edged

sharp-toned

ball-breaker

canny

brutal

bristly

slashing

slick

brave

ball-buster

snappish

gleg

sour

all-consuming

spiked

spiky

devil’s own

splitting

brag

bold

big

beaked

steely

sterling

stern

extraordinaire

stinging

stone

🪨

strenuous

jimhickey

bad

👎

strong

studious

stunning

austere

sultry

super

superior

quick-response

tall

tard

attracted

thin

top

🔝

torrid

tough

attentive

true

turbulent

twanging

unctuous

unforgiving

acute eyesight

unrelenting

assets

very

apprehensive

violent

vivacious

flint

fond

frantic

frenzied

agile

frugal

fulminant

genuine

glowing

golden

Vatinian

admirable

gripping

white

wide-awake

hardcore

hard-core

hardworking

fierce

heartfelt

acid

wonderful

heavy

hectic

accurate

impassioned

fell

fantastic

inexorable

fanatic

inquisitive

Traduccions

scharf

agudo

heftig

acre

streng

herb

beißend

hart

doordringend

scherp

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/kiːn/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: kene

Heretat de anglès antic: cēne

Cognat amb danès: køn

Cognat amb neerlandès: kien

Cognat amb alemany: kühn

Cognat amb islandès: kænn

Cognat amb feroès: kønur

Cognat amb escocès: keen

Cognat amb anglès antic: cunnan

In summary

From Middle English kene (“bold, brave, sharp”), from Old English cēne (“keen, fierce, bold, brave, warlike, powerful; learned, clever, wise”), from Proto-Germanic *kōniz (“knowledgeable, skilful, experienced, clever, capable”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”).
Cognate with Danish køn (“handsome, pretty”), Dutch kien (“smart, wise, able”), koen (“daring, valiant, doughty, courageous”), German kühn (“bold, daring, audacious, hardy, valiant, venturesome”), Icelandic kænn (“wise, crafty, clever, able”), Faroese kønur (“expert (in, on), experienced, skilful, able, capable”), Scots keen (“lively, brisk; avaricious”). Related to Old English cunnan (“to know how to, be able to”). More at cunning, can.

Frases

He was a voracious reader and a keen writer .

This tension together with some minor injuries made Souness less keen to keep him .