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Overview of verb discern

The verb discern has 1 sense



Overview of adj discerning

The adj discerning has 4 senses


  • discerning -- (having or revealing keen insight and good judgment; "a discerning critic"; "a discerning reader")

  • discerning, discreet -- (unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic; "a discerning editor"; "a discreet silence")

  • apprehensive, discerning -- (quick to understand; "a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne)

  • discerning -- (able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive; "discerning taste"; "a discerning eye for color")