discerning
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Is discerning a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. detect with the sensesExamples: "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph"Synonyms: discern, distinguish, make out, pick out, recognise, recognize, spot, tell apart
adjective (English)
1. having or revealing keen insight and good judgmentExamples: "a discerning critic"; "a discerning reader"Synonyms: discerningAntonyms: undiscerning
adjective satellite (English)
1. unobtrusively perceptive and sympatheticExamples: "a discerning editor"; "a discreet silence"Synonyms: discerning, discreet
2. quick to understand; - Nathaniel HawthorneExamples: "a kind and apprehensive friend"Synonyms: apprehensive, discerning
3. able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitiveExamples: "discerning taste"; "a discerning eye for color"Synonyms: discerning
Definition source: Wiktionary