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talinis [ta.lí.nis.] : keen (adj.); pointed (adj.) [mahait]

Derivatives of talinis


Glosses:
keen
n. (communication)1. keena funeral lament sung with loud wailing.
~ coronach, dirge, requiem, threnody, lamenta song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.
~ emerald isle, hibernia, irelandan island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
v. (emotion)2. keen, lamentexpress grief verbally.; "we lamented the death of the child"
~ grieve, sorrowfeel grief.
~ express emotion, express feelingsgive verbal or other expression to one's feelings.
adj. 3. acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharphaving 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"
~ perceptivehaving the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment.; "a perceptive eye"; "a perceptive observation"
adj. 4. exquisite, keenintense or sharp.; "suffered exquisite pain"; "felt exquisite pleasure"
~ intensepossessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree.; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense"
adj. 5. bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, smashing, swellvery good.; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"
~ colloquialisma colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech.
~ goodhaving desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified.; "good news from the hospital"; "a good report card"; "when she was good she was very very good"; "a good knife is one good for cutting"; "this stump will make a good picnic table"; "a good check"; "a good joke"; "a good exterior paint"; "a good secretary"; "a good dress for the office"
adj. 6. cutting, keen, knifelike, lancinate, lancinating, piercing, stabbingpainful 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"
~ sharpkeenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point.; "a sharp pain"; "sharp winds"
adj. 7. keenhaving a sharp cutting edge or point.; "a keen blade"
~ sharphaving or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing.; "a sharp knife"; "a pencil with a sharp point"
pointed
adj. 1. pointedhaving a point.
~ sharphaving or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing.; "a sharp knife"; "a pencil with a sharp point"
~ acanthoid, acanthous, spinousshaped like a spine or thorn.
~ acuate, needlelike, sharp, acuteending in a sharp point.
~ barreled, barrelled(of an arrow) tapered toward both ends.
~ bristle-pointedpointed like bristles.
~ five-pointedhaving five points.
~ cigar-shaped, fusiform, spindle-shapedtapering at each end.
~ nibbed(used of pens) having a writing point or nib especially of a certain kind.; "a broad-nibbed pen"
~ peakedhaving or rising to a peak.; "the peaked ceiling"; "the island's peaked hills"
~ pyramidal, pyramidic, pyramidicalresembling a pyramid.
~ sharpenedhaving the point made sharp.; "a sharpened pencil"
~ six-pointedhaving six points.
~ spikedhaving a long sharp point.
~ spikelikeresembling a spike.
~ angulate, angularhaving angles or an angular shape.
adj. 2. pointeddirect and obvious in meaning or reference; often unpleasant.; "a pointed critique"; "a pointed allusion to what was going on"; "another pointed look in their direction"
~ directstraightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action.; "a direct question"; "a direct response"; "a direct approach"