discerning
pronunciation
How to pronounce discerning in British English:
UK [dɪˈsɜ:nɪŋ]
How to pronounce discerning in American English:
US [dɪˈsɜrnɪŋ]
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- Adjective:
- having or revealing keen insight and good judgment
- unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic
- quick to understand
- able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive
Word Origin
- discerning
- "action of perceiving," late 14c., verbal noun from discern. As a present participle adjective, attested from c. 1600.
Example
- 1. Hardworking , masterful and clean as a whistle are prerequisites to attract a discerning virgo lady .
- 2. It 's a way of discerning who is out there on a given day .
- 3. Now , even schoolchildren ( albeit discerning ones ) seem to know who he is and what he does .
- 4. Mentally acute or penetratingly discerning .
- 5. She is a very discerning art critic .