Definitions for: 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

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

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