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[ dih-sur-ning, -zur- ] / dɪˈsɜr nɪŋ, -ˈzɜr- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR discerning ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveshowing good or outstanding judgment and understanding: a discerning critic of French poetry. Origin of discerningFirst recorded in 1600–10; discern + -ing2 SYNONYMS FOR discerningperceptive, keen, sharp, discriminating. SEE SYNONYMS FOR discerning ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM discerningdis·cern·ing·ly, adverbnon·dis·cern·ing, adjectiveun·dis·cern·ing, adjectiveun·dis·cern·ing·ly, adverbWords nearby discerningdisc brake, disc camera, discectomy, discern, discernible, discerning, discernment, discerptible, disc film, disc floret, discharge Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for discerningSurely there needs to be some kind of discerning critical judgment involved? From Didion to Dunham, Female Essayists Seize the Day|Lucy Scholes|October 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST At the very least, the fickle and discerning moviegoer is getting a vibrant diagnosis: healthier than ever. Is the Summer Blockbuster Dead?|Kevin Fallon|July 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST A more vexing problem is discerning the suicide attempt from the accidental overdose. Heroin: America’s Silent Assassin|Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD, Robert M. Lober, MD, PhD|February 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST Her comments struck a chord with discerning critics and writers. Growing up with George Eliot: Rebecca Mead’s “My Life in Middlemarch”|Lucy Scholes|January 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When it comes to people, though, discerning demonic influence is more difficult. The Devil and Antonin Scalia|Candida Moss|October 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST I come before you with the plain confidence of an honest servant in the equity of a candid and discerning master. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. II. (of 12)|Edmund Burke Mr. Machen has shown himself an artist in the supernatural, one whom his generation has not been discerning enough to appreciate. Famous Modern Ghost Stories|Various On the evening of the 16th the Aurora Borealis was visible, but after that date the nights were too light for our discerning it. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1|John Franklin His championship was not, perhaps, of the most discerning or of the most valuable, but it was honest. Giordano Bruno|James Lewis McIntyre The world owes a great debt to Leigh Hunt for discerning Lamb's gifts and allowing him free rein. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb|Charles Lamb
British Dictionary definitions for discerning
adjectivehaving or showing good taste or judgment; discriminating Derived forms of discerningdiscerningly, adverbCollins 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 discerningpenetrating, knowledgeable, piercing, perceptive, astute, insightful, knowing, acute, bright, brilliant, clever, critical, ingenious, intelligent, judicious, perspicacious, sagacious, sage, sensitive, sharp |