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[ in-sahy-siv ] / ɪnˈsaɪ sɪv / SEE SYNONYMS FOR incisive ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivepenetrating; cutting; biting; trenchant: an incisive tone of voice. remarkably clear and direct; sharp; keen; acute: an incisive method of summarizing the issue. adapted for cutting or piercing. of or relating to the incisors: the incisive teeth. Origin of incisiveFrom the Medieval Latin word incīsīvus, dating back to 1520–30. See incise, -ive SYNONYMS FOR incisive1 acid, mordant; sarcastic, sardonic. SEE SYNONYMS FOR incisive ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM incisivein·ci·sive·ly, adverbin·ci·sive·ness, nounun·in·ci·sive, adjectiveun·in·ci·sive·ly, adverb un·in·ci·sive·ness, noun Words nearby incisiveincised wound, incisiform, incision, incisional hernia, incision biopsy, incisive, incisive bone, incisive canal, incisive foramen, incisive fossa, incisive papilla Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for incisiveHis correspondence, much of which survives, is that of an incisive and articulate observer. Stonewall Jackson, VMI’s Most Embattled Professor|S. C. Gwynne|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST John Jenkins describes Miller as an “incisive witness both to scientific acumen and religious belief.” Meet the Prizewinning Catholic Biologist Creationists Can’t Stand|Karl W. Giberson|April 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST But unlike Bloom and Eagleton, his books have been, while erudite and incisive, unashamedly populist. John Sutherland‘s Enjoyable Little History of Literature|Malcolm Forbes|November 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST It took time, but Hemingway eventually met his match in the incisive Kenneth Lynn. Norman Mailer: A Life Lived Loud|Adam Begley|October 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The ideas in these comics are more subtle and incisive than simply depicting the imprisonment of the capitalist metropolis. Smoked Fish Surrealism: Ben Katchor’s Comics of NYC Neurotics|Jacob Siegel|March 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST He had no right and no wish to know what the other man chose to conceal beneath that curt and incisive manner. The Shepherd of the North|Richard Aumerle Maher A faintly quizzical look came into the man's incisive stare. V. V.'s Eyes|Henry Sydnor Harrison The old man's voice grew suddenly clear and incisive, and Orsino broke off in the middle of his sentence. Don Orsino|F. Marion Crawford "It was sold for money, I suppose," he said with studied and incisive calmness. An Outcast of the Islands|Joseph Conrad Wrede, in his incomparably succinct and incisive way, had the courage to say so. The Origin of Paul's Religion|J. Gresham Machen
British Dictionary definitions for incisive
adjectivekeen, penetrating, or acute biting or sarcastic; mordantan incisive remark having a sharp cutting edgeincisive teeth Derived forms of incisiveincisively, adverbincisiveness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to incisivetrenchant, penetrating, piercing, concise, scathing, acerbic, sardonic, satirical, succinct, caustic, biting, mordant, terse, acute, bright, clever, keen, perspicacious, profound, sharp Medical definitions for incisive
adj.Having the power to cut. Relating to the incisor teeth. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |