Meaning & Definition of Trenchant in English

1. Having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect

• "Searching insights"

• "Trenchant criticism"

2. Characterized by or full of force and vigor

• "A hard-hitting expose"

• "A trenchant argument"

3. Clearly or sharply defined to the mind

• "Clear-cut evidence of tampering"

• "Claudius was the first to invade britain with distinct...intentions of conquest"

• "Trenchant distinctions between right and wrong"