Trenchant - Definition

adj 1: having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in
thought, expression, or intellect; "searching insights";
"trenchant criticism" [syn: searching, trenchant]
2: characterized by or full of force and vigor; "a hard-hitting
expose"; "a trenchant argument" [syn: hard-hitting,
trenchant]
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,
trenchant]