🔤 Trenchant (Adjective)
IPA: //ˈtrɛntʃənt//
✨ Use trenchant to describe speech or writing that is so insightful (or biting), it cuts right to the core.
🧠 Meaning
Incisive, sharp, or forceful—especially in expression or style; often used to describe keen analysis or biting wit.
✍️ Example Sentences
🔹 Her trenchant critique of the education system left no flaw unexposed.
🔹 The comedian’s trenchant humor tackled social issues with both wit and honesty.
📜 Word Origin
From Old French trenchant meaning “cutting, sharp,” from trenchier—“to cut.”
💡 Did You Know?
Trenchant doesn’t just mean “sharp”—it means intellectually cutting, like a comment that slices through confusion.
🏷️ Related Words
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