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Synonyms for incisive
ɪnˈsaɪ sɪvin·ci·sive
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Princeton's WordNet
acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharpadjective
having 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"
Synonyms:
intense, penetrative, discriminating, shrill, neat, sharp, shrewd, lancinating, nifty, sharp-worded, not bad(p), bang-up, astute, acuate, dandy, tart, smashing, cutting, bully, precipitous, needlelike, slap-up, abrupt, keen, lancinate, knifelike, corking, exquisite, groovy, great, acute, piercing, penetrating, swell, cracking, crisp, stabbing, peachyAntonyms:
unperceptive, dull, unperceivingincisiveadjective
suitable for cutting or piercing
"incisive teeth"
Synonyms:
keen, penetrating, piercing, knifelike, penetrative, sharp, acute, discriminatingAntonyms:
unperceiving, unperceptive, dull
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How to use incisive in a sentence?
In the short term policy paralysis will prevail and then, once a new party leader is elected, a more incisive effort to amend the constitution could ensue.
As he walked about the Capitol in a rumpled suit, almost always with a plain white shirt and pedestrian tie, carrying bulging files with the occasional paper flying away, Carl was the very picture of sober purpose and rectitude. In truth, he wasn’t unfun, in fact, he often pierced tense situations with self-deprecating humor, and he privately shared incisive observations about others with staff and colleagues.
Williams wrote about current and past racial tensions in America reflected through Walter Williams teenage years in a housing project in Northern Philadelphia. News of Walter Williams death promptedwords of grief from several prominent Republicans. Walter Williams was legendary, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, wrote. Walter Williams was brilliant, incisive, witty, and profound. I grew up reading Walter Williams, and Walter Williams was a ferocious defender of free markets and a powerful explainer of the virtues of Liberty.
Davutoglu's likely early exit as party leader and PM constitutes another episode that show that Erdogan's dominance over the AKP and the executive is absolute and unchallenged, in the short term policy paralysis will prevail and then, once a new party leader is elected, a more incisive effort to amend the constitution could ensue.
It is difficult to produce a television documentary that is both incisive and probing when every twelve minutes one is interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits singing about toilet paper.
Translations for incisive
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- قاطعArabic
- incisiuCatalan, Valencian
- pronikavýCzech
- skarpDanish
- prägnantGerman
- κοπτερόςGreek
- incisivoSpanish
- نافذPersian
- teräväFinnish
- incisifFrench
- काटा हुआHindi
- élesHungarian
- tajamIndonesian
- incisivoItalian
- נוֹקֵבHebrew
- 鋭いJapanese
- ಛೇದಕKannada
- 예리한Korean
- efficaciLatin
- scherpzinnigeDutch
- PentNorwegian
- zjadliwyPolish
- incisivoPortuguese
- incisivRomanian
- язвительныйRussian
- skarpSwedish
- நறுக்குத்தெறிக்கும்Tamil
- మనసును తాకేTelugu
- คมThai
- zekiceTurkish
- різкеUkrainian
- تشویشUrdu
- sắc bénVietnamese
- incisiveYiddish
- 尖銳Chinese
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