trenchancy
noun[U]
formaluk/ˈtren.tʃən.si/us/ˈtren.tʃən.si/thestateorfactofexpressingcriticismoropinionsin aforceful,clearway:
尖刻;尖锐,犀利She had areputationforcooltrenchancy.她以言辞冷静犀利著称。
He gives awonderfulfreshnessand trenchancy to hisproductionof Macbeth.他为《麦克白》的创作注入了新鲜感和犀利感。
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trenchant
- Hespeakswith the trenchancy,individuality, andself-confidenceof amemberof theworkingclass.
- He set out his ownviews, withtrademarktrenchancy, in an earlyeditorial.
- Shedescribesthe writer'sworkwithrealeconomyand trenchancy.
Unkind, cruel & unfeeling
- acerbic
- acerbity
- acidly
- anti-cruelty
- anti-humanitarian
- cruelty
- cutthroat
- fiendish
- fiendishness
- hard-hearted
- nastily
- nastiness
- nasty
- pitiless
- pitilessly
- unchristian
- uncompassionate
- unfeeling
- ungenerous
- ungenerously