keen hearing
Acute auditory sense
Keen hearing is the ability to perceive sounds with unusual sharpness or sensitivity.
Someone with keen hearing notices faint noises others miss: Her keen hearing picked up footsteps in the hallway.
The phrase often describes animals like dogs or owls, whose auditory abilities far exceed human capacity.
- acuteIntensely severe or perceptive
- sharpFine-edged, or astute
- sensitiveEasily affected emotionally
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- attunedAdjusted to perceive
listen closely · listening · ears · bat ears · sound · sound waves · whisper · rustle · faint · detect · pick up on · perceive · sonic · auditory · bat · owl · dog · dog whistle
- predator traitssharp teeth, sharp claws, fangs, claws, talons
- survival traitscamouflage, stamina, endurance, resilience, adaptability
- nighttimemidnight, nightfall, night sky, nighttime, starry sky
- animal traitsfur, tail, claws, teeth, wings
- batsbat, bats, vampire bat, fruit bat, flying fox
- cat traitssilky coat, coat, tabby pattern, claws, long-haired
keen hearingdeafness
Lack of auditory function
hearing loss · hard of hearing · hearing impairment · partial deafness · muffled hearing
keen hearingobliviousness
Lack of awareness
inattentiveness · deaf ears · tuning out · not listening · zoning out
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