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Piercing

Piercing Meaning & Definition
Piercing Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Piercing?

[adj] loud and sharp; "the piercing shriek of sirens"
[adj] suitable for cutting or piercing; "incisive teeth"; "the piercing needle"
[adj] as physically painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; "a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "lancinating pain"
[adj] high-pitched and sharp; "piercing screams"; "a shrill whistle"
[adj] having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Piercing: acute | cacophonic | cacophonous | cutting | discriminating | high | high-pitched | incisive | keen | knifelike | lancinate | lancinating | penetrating | penetrative | perceptive | sharp | shrill | stabbing

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Piercing In Webster's Dictionary

\Pier"cing\, a. Forcibly entering, or adapted to enter, at or by a point; perforating; penetrating; keen; -- used also figuratively; as, a piercing instrument, or thrust. ``Piercing eloquence.'' --Shak. -- {Pier"cing*ly}, adv. -- {Pier"cing*ness}, n.

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