sharpened
Given an edge
Sharpened describes something that has been made sharp or sharper.
A sharpened pencil has a fresh point; a sharpened knife cuts more easily.
The word extends to non-physical things: sharpened focus, sharpened skills, sharpened awareness.
Years of debate had sharpened her rhetorical abilities.
Tapering to a tip
- taperedGradually narrowing in width
- honedSharpened or refined
- whettedMade more acute
- keenSharp or enthusiastic
blade · knife · razor · scalpel · chisel · ax · scythe · sickle
Smooth, refined, accomplished
- honedSharpened or refined
- improvedMade superior to before
- enhancedIncreased in quality
- cultivatedImproved through nurture
perfected · fine-tuned · streamlined · precise · meticulous · nuanced · sophisticated · practiced
Gathered or intensified
- attentivePaying close notice
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- heightenedIncreased in degree
- keenSharp or enthusiastic
aware · vigilant · watchful · intent · perceptive · observant · mindful · discerning
Stone for sharpening blades
- grindstoneRotating stone for sharpening
- stropLeather sharpening strip
- fileStored collection of data
- abrasiveRough enough to erode
sandpaper · lathe · grinding · stropping · honing · steel · buffer · oilstone
Increased in degree
- amplifiedIncreased in strength
- enhancedIncreased in quality
- increasedGrew larger in amount
- strengthenedMade more robust
deepened · magnified · escalated · boosted · reinforced · intensified · accentuated · augmented
pointed
Tapering to a tip
keen · blade · knife · razor · scalpel · chisel · ax · scythe · sickle · machete
polished
Smooth, refined, accomplished
cultivated · perfected · fine-tuned · streamlined · precise · meticulous · nuanced · sophisticated · practiced · developed
concentrated
Gathered or intensified
- attentivePaying close notice
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- heightenedIncreased in degree
keen · aware · vigilant · watchful · intent · perceptive · observant · mindful · discerning · acute
whetstone
Stone for sharpening blades
- grindstoneRotating stone for sharpening
- stropLeather sharpening strip
- fileStored collection of data
abrasive · sandpaper · lathe · grinding · stropping · honing · steel · buffer · oilstone · bench
heightened
Increased in degree
strengthened · deepened · magnified · escalated · boosted · reinforced · intensified · accentuated · augmented · redoubled
- alteredmodified, changed, altered, edited, revised
- weapon traitsaccuracy, damage, range, recoil, durability
- blade qualitiesdull, blunt, honed, serrated, double-edged
- efficientefficient, streamlined, optimized, effective, productive
- equipment conditionsworn, damaged, broken, rusted, dented
- intensifiedamplified, boosted, enhanced, heightened, increased
- pencil sharpenerTool for honing writing instruments
- knife sharpener
- sharpening stoneAbrasive for honing blades
- sharpening steelRod that realigns blade edges
- blade sharpeningRestoring a cutting edge
- tool sharpeningRestoring keen edges
sharpen, sharpening, sharpener, sharpens, sharpeners, unsharpened, resharpens, resharpened, sharpenings