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Definitions for Trenchancy
[1] incisive or keen, as language or a person; caustic; cutting: trenchant wit.
[2] vigorous; effective; energetic: a trenchant policy of political reform.
[3] clearly or sharply defined; clear-cut; distinct.
[4] keen or incisive trenchant criticism
[5] vigorous and effective a trenchant foreign policy
[6] distinctly defined a trenchant outline
[7] archaic , or poetic sharp a trenchant sword
Words related to Trenchancy
trenchantcriticism, ridicule, acidity, aspersion, sharpness, rancor, acridity, cynicism, put-down, mordacity, wisecrack, contempt, cut, acrimony, irony, scoffing, satire, derision, invective, acerbity
Words nearby Trenchancy
trenchanttrench foot, trench knife, trench mortar, trench mouth, trench warfare, trenchant, trenchard, trencher, trencherman, trenches, trend
Origin of Trenchancy
t1275–1325; Middle English tranchaunt < Anglo-French; Old French trenchant, present participle of trenchier to cut. See trench, -ant
Other words from Trenchancy
trench·an·cy , noun
trench·ant·ly , adverb
Word origin for Trenchancy
tC14: from Old French trenchant cutting, from trenchier to cut; see trench
Synonyms for Trenchancy
acerbity, acidity, acridity, acrimony, aspersion, banter, bitterness, burlesque, censure, comeback, contempt, criticism, cut, cynicism, derision, dig, disparagement, invective, irony, mockery, mordacity, put-down, raillery, rancor, ridicule, satire, scoffing, scorn, sharpness, superciliousness, wisecrack, causticity, causticness, corrosiveness, flouting, lampooning, mordancy, sneering