Discerning - Definition

discerning

adj 1: having or revealing keen insight and good judgment; "a
discerning critic"; "a discerning reader" [ant:
undiscerning]
2: unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic; "a discerning
editor"; "a discreet silence" [syn: discerning, discreet]
3: quick to understand; "a kind and apprehensive friend"-
Nathaniel Hawthorne [syn: apprehensive, discerning]
4: able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive;
"discerning taste"; "a discerning eye for color"

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