discerning

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discerning Definition

• (a) having or revealing keen insight and good judgment; "a discerning critic"; "a discerning reader"
• (s) unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic; "a discerning editor"; "a discreet silence"
• (s) quick to understand; "a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
• (s) able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive; "discerning taste"; "a discerning eye for color"

discerning Synonyms

• apprehensive
• discerning
• discreet