Usually means: Made more precise or effective.
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  1. sharpened: Merriam-Webster
  2. sharpened: Collins English Dictionary
  3. sharpened: Vocabulary.com
  4. Sharpened, sharpened: Wordnik
  5. sharpened: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. sharpened: Wiktionary
  7. sharpened: Dictionary.com
  8. sharpened: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. sharpened: Rhymezone
  10. sharpened: FreeDictionary.org
  11. sharpened: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. sharpened: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. sharpened: Encyclopedia

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▸ adjective:  Having a sharp point or edge.

Similar:
sharp, pointed, keen, sharp-pointed, acuate, poignant, fitchy, edgy, sharpish, pointy, more...

Opposite:
blunt, dull, unsharpened

Phrases:
sharpened up, more finely sharpened, having a sharpened tip, more...

Adjectives:
little, new, own, freshly, cold, rich, first

Colors:
    silver,     steel gray,     gunmetal,     charcoal,     graphite, more...



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Similar:
sharp, pointed, keen, sharp-pointed, acuate, poignant, fitchy, edgy, sharpish, pointy, more...

Opposite:
blunt, dull, unsharpened

Phrases:
sharpened up, more finely sharpened, having a sharpened tip, more...

Adjectives:
little, new, own, freshly, cold, rich, first

Colors:
    silver,     steel gray,     gunmetal,     charcoal,     graphite, more...



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