· a funeral lament sung with loud wailing

Hypernym(s): dirge, coronach, lament, requiem, threnody

· express grief verbally; "we lamented the death of the child"

Synonym(s): lament

Hypernym(s): express_emotion, express_feelings

· 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"

Synonym(s): acute, discriminating, incisive, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp

· intense or sharp; "suffered exquisite pain"; "felt exquisite pleasure"

Synonym(s): exquisite

· very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"; "we had a grand old time"

Synonym(s): bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, neat, nifty, not_bad, peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing, old

· painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; "a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "lancinating pain"

Synonym(s): cutting, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating

· having a sharp cutting edge or point; "a keen blade"