trenchant
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- incisive, acerbic, caustic, cutting, penetrating, pointed, pungent, scathing
- effective, energetic, forceful, potent, powerful, strong, vigorous

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Related Words: piercing, probing, razor-sharp, sarcastic, sardonic, satiric, acrid, piquant, poignant, pungent, scalding, scorching

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tren‧chant /ˈtrentʃənt/ adjective written
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: present participle of trenchier; ⇒ trench]
expressed very strongly, effectively, and directly without worrying about offending people:
Stockman became one of the President’s most trenchant critics.
—trenchantly adverb

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