Trenchant

Adjective

 * 1) having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect
 * 2) characterized by or full of force and vigor
 * 3) clearly or sharply defined to the mind
 * 4)  keen; biting; vigorously effective and articulate; severe; as, trenchant wit
 * 5) effective, articulate, clear-cut
 * 6)  Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp.

Adverbs for Trenchant
effectively; unusually; famously; remarkably; wonderfully; cleverly; aptly; uncommonly; powerfully; tellingly; savagely; viciously; unmercifully; sarcastically; drolly; brutally; bluntly; sharply.

Thesaurus
impressive, incisive, ingoing, intense, irritating, keen, kinetic, lively, living, longheaded, longsighted, lusty, mettlesome, mordacious, mordant, nervous, nose-tickling, penetrating, peppy, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, perspicuous, piercing, piquant, poignant, pointed, powerful, probing, provident, punchy, pungent, rigorous, robust, rough, sagacious, salty, sarcastic, sardonic, satiric, scalding, scathing, scorching, sensational, severe, sharp, sinewed, sinewy, slashing, smacking, snappy, sour, spanking, spirited, stabbing, stinging, strenuous, strident, striking, stringent, strong, take-charge, take-over, tart, telling, understanding, vehement, vibrant, vigorous, violent, virulent, vital, vitriolic, vivacious, vivid, withering, zestful, zesty, zippy, acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulent, acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, active, acute, aggressive, animated, apperceptive, appercipient, argute, asperous, astringent, astute, biting, bitter, brisk, caustic, clear-cut, cogent, corroding, corrosive, crisp, cutting, discerning, double-edged, driving, dynamic, edged, effective, energetic, enterprising, enthusiastic, escharotic, farseeing, farsighted, fierce, forceful, forcible, foreseeing, foresighted, forethoughted, forethoughtful, full of pep, go-go, gutsy, harsh, hearty, imperative, impetuous,

Etymology
From, from the present participle of trenchier, "to cut."

Translations

 * Finnish: ,
 * French:


 * Ido: tranchiva, tranchema
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish: ,
 * German: treffsicher, prägnant, beißend, pointiert


 * Hebrew:, שנון
 * Swedish: bitande (kritik); kraftfull

Adjective

 * 1) sharp; razor sharp

Verb
trenchant