Found 2 items, similar to trenchant.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: trenchant trenchant adj 1: having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect; “searching insights”; “trenchant criticism” [syn: searching] 2: characterized by or full of force and vigor; “a hard-hitting expose”; “a trenchant argument” [syn: hard-hitting] 3: clearly or sharply defined to the mind; “clear-cut evidence of tampering”; “Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct...intentions of conquest”; “trenchant distinctions between right and wrong” [syn: clear-cut, distinct]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Trenchant Trenchant \Trench"ant\, a. [OF. trenchant, F. tranchant, p. pr. See Trench, v. t.] 1. Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp. “ Trenchant was the blade.” --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: Keen; biting; severe; as, trenchant wit. [1913 Webster]