discerning English

Meaning discerning meaning

What does discerning mean?

discerning

— adjective having or revealing keen insight and good judgment a discerning critic a discerning reader

— adjective (= discreet) unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic a discerning editor a discreet silence

— adjective able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive discerning taste a discerning eye for color

— adjective (= apprehensive) quick to understand a kind and apprehensive friend — Nathaniel Hawthorne

Synonyms discerning synonyms

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discerning English » English

discriminating

perceptive

apprehensive

observant

discreet

sharp

selective

penetrating

nice

intelligent

insightful

distinction

clear-sighted

choosy

careful

astute

apperceptive

thoughtful

tasteful

subtle

strict

smart

shrewd

sensitive

scrupulous

sagacious

retentive

regardful

recollective

precise

perspicacious

percipient

perceptual

on the nose

observing

observational

mature

knowing

keen-sighted

keen-eyed

keen

judicial

having the ability to discern

good

gentlemanly

fussy

frugal

fastidious

farsighted

farseeing

Topics discerning topics

What do people use discerning to talk about?

Language and thought Think Mind

Intelligent

• What words describe someone who thinks well?
  intelligent brainy bright brilliant capable clever crafty discerning educated ingenious insightful keen knowledgeable learned literate perceptive philosophical profound rational scholarly sharp shrewd sly smart sophisticated sound wily have a lot of sense have a high IQ

Examples discerning examples

How do I use discerning in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Sarah was discerning enough to realize that her friends were trying to prank her.

Movie subtitles

But above all, keep a clear, discerning mind.

Who, in your discerning estimation. do you think they're most likely to believe?

You are a discerning one.

Vulcan eyes are very discerning too.

Ladies and germs, next up for the bidding is this young 200-year-old fembot, the perfect work slave for the most discerning of masters.

I think this fall, the discerning GI is gonna be wearing green in the jungle.

My parents were discerning people.

Children often do not develop discerning palates until adolescence.

Well, discerning, perspicacious.

Signor Farinelli. attracts the most discerning audiences.

You look like an intelligent, sophisticated, discerning young fella.

That's remarkably discerning of you.

And I think you're a very discerning man.

For severe schizophrenics. there's no discerning between fantasy and reality.

It is said the incomparable Giacomo has a discerning eye for beauty.

Noble knights to joust at my tournament, come along, and by my side, a lovely little wench who I'm sure will fulfill every promise of your discerning eye.

A discerning woman.

But I'm discerning your true character behind your insincerity.

Why couldn't Pyotr Ilyich, with his sensitive perception, be capable of discerning a refined and spiritual nature?

He thought it was most discerning.

I want you to write it so Elizabeth thinks it's discerning, so she knows what I'm talking about.

Oh, and by the way my Astoria is a very discerning dog.

A most discerning choice.

Steam-powered conveyor belts. Carry the product to be shaped, cleaned, inspected and delivered to discerning consumers worldwide.

What? You look like an intelligent, sophisticated, discerning young fella.

Discerning traits: left-handed and extremely stubborn.

He filched half the Circus budget. Peddles fake Picassos to the discerning rich!

Discerning, yes.

Roz, perhaps my discerning decorator's eye could be of some assistance.

It's a shame that not everyone is as discerning as Eddy and I.

It will become very special stones for very special, discerning people.

Then you sir are part of a discerning minority.

Jay and Silent Bob porn. There are days when I'm afraid that that will become true because Mewes isn't the most discerning actor on the planet.

We carry a full line of surveillance and security technology for the discerning professional and private citizen.

News and current affairs

The realities, meticulously hidden under a veneer of homogeneity, have always been too complex for even the most discerning of scholars.

Precisely because America remains indispensable to international security, one wishes that its leaders would act in a more discerning way.