Discerning (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive; "discerning taste"; "a discerning eye for color".
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Meaning 2
Having or revealing keen insight and good judgment; "a discerning critic"; "a discerning reader".
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Meaning 3
Quick to understand; "a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne.
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Examples
- A discerning listener, she could pick up on the subtlest cues in her friend's tone of voice and offer empathetic words of encouragement.
- As a novelist, Hawthorne was a discerning observer of human nature, unraveling the complexities of the human heart through his characters.
- With her keen intuition, she was a discerning friend who could tell when someone was upset even if they tried to hide it.
- Through Hawthorne's writing, one can sense the presence of a discerning and thoughtful mind grappling with the deeper mysteries of existence.
- A discerning critic of society, Hawthorne used his fiction to unmask the hypocrisies and reveal the darker aspects of human experience.
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Meaning 4
Unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic; "a discerning editor"; "a discreet silence".
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