Thesaurus / trenchant
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The result is a trenchant commitment to right-wing values that provides the prism through which many Mormons interpret new crises.
EVEN LDS LEADERS ARE STRUGGLING TO GET MORMONS VACCINATED AGAINST THE CORONAVIRUSBENJAMIN PARKAUGUST 24, 2021WASHINGTON POSTIt’s a really nuanced and thoughtful book that won a million awards when it came out in 2018, and it’s especially trenchant on the responsibilities forced on to the families of incarcerated people.
ASK A BOOK CRITIC: WHAT’S A GOOD SUMMER READ WITH A WONDER YEARS FEEL?CONSTANCE GRADYJULY 13, 2021VOXWhitehead and Jenkins are very different kinds of artists, the former a minimalist whose spare prose conceals allegories of remarkable depth and the latter an expressionist, infusing trenchant ideas into sounds and images laden with emotion.
THE 5 BEST NEW TV SHOWS OUR CRITIC WATCHED IN MAY 2021JUDY BERMANMAY 28, 2021TIMEThey argue that this increasingly trenchant China must be resisted, not managed or negotiated with, and Hong Kong is the front line.
THE ONLY PATH AHEAD FOR HONG KONG IS REFORMBRIAN WONGJANUARY 13, 2021TIMEOne of the most trenchant chapters in the book is deceptively simple.
CHRONICLING THE ‘NEW NORMAL’ AMID PANDEMICKATHI WOLFEOCTOBER 1, 2020WASHINGTON BLADEIt is not every one that can handle an instrument of such trenchant power, yet delicate temper, as Nelson's sensitive genius.
THE LIFE OF NELSON, VOL. I (OF 2)A. T. (ALFRED THAYER) MAHANIt must be admitted that this is satire of a good trenchant sort.
ART IN ENGLANDDUTTON COOKThe western demand for responsible government pointed the way, and Howe became, with Baldwin, its most trenchant advocate.
THE CANADIAN DOMINIONOSCAR D. SKELTONHence, the transition is abrupt; although by no means conclusive as to any broad and trenchant line of ethnological demarcation.
THE ETHNOLOGY OF THE BRITISH COLONIES AND DEPENDENCIESROBERT GORDON LATHAMThe words with which the parable is pressed home are severe and trenchant; but they are nevertheless full of gospel grace.
EXPOSITOR'S BIBLE: THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEWJOHN MONRO GIBSONWORDS RELATED TO TRENCHANT
- abrupt
- aphoristic
- boiled down
- breviloquent
- brusque
- clear-cut
- clipped
- close
- compact
- compendiary
- compendious
- concise
- condensed
- crisp
- cryptic
- curt
- cut to the bone
- elliptical
- epigrammatic
- exact
- gnomic
- in a nutshell
- incisive
- laconic
- lean
- neat
- pithy
- pointed
- precise
- sententious
- short and sweet
- snappy
- succinct
- summary
- taut
- to the point
- trenchant
- abusive
- aggressive
- antagonistic
- bad-tempered
- barbarous
- bellicose
- browbeating
- brutal
- bullying
- caustic
- combative
- contentious
- contumelious
- cowing
- cross
- defiant
- ferocious
- fierce
- frightening
- harsh
- hostile
- inhuman
- inhumane
- intimidating
- invective
- mean
- militant
- mordacious
- mordant
- obstreperous
- opprobrious
- ornery
- pugnacious
- quarrelsome
- rude
- savage
- scathing
- scrappy
- scurrilous
- sharp
- sullen
- terrifying
- terrorizing
- trenchant
- violent
- vituperative
- vituperous
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