keenness
adjectiveHow many syllables in keenness?
There are 2 syllables in the word keenness.How to pronounce keenness:
Definition of keenness:
- keenness (adjective):
- shrewdly astute
- intellectually alert having or characteristic of a quick penetrating mind
Synonyms for keenness:
acerbity
acidity
acidness
acridity
acridness
acrimoniousness
acrimony
acuity
acuteness
ardour
asperity
avidity
avidness
bite
bitterness
diligence
eagerness
earnestness
ebullience
edge
enthusiasm
fervour
harshness
impatience
intelligence
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Antonyms for keenness:
abhorrence
animosity
antipathy
apathy
averseness
aversion
backwardness
backwardness in coming forward
blandness
coolness
demurral
denial
departure
depression
diffidence
disagreement
discouragement
disfavor
disfavour
disgust
disinclination
disinterest
dislike
disliking
disrelish
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Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- gawky
- congest
- amore
- aboard
- pension
- Ilan
- saga
- grimly
- revived
- trespass
- captain
- blueprint
- ballad
- obverse
- entrees
- deceit
- tortoise
- frappe
- muktuk
- decamp
- xenon
- inurn
- clouding
- cinquain
- curling
- vasty
- lowered
- wardrobe
- hackneyed
- strangers
- snaking
- Kesha
- trigraph
- pseudo
- humbled
- pagan
- errands
- hurled
- bleakness
- striker
- Soren
- piteous
- siblings
- pungent
- noa
- Asha
- putted
- permeate
- glimmer
- beset
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