piercing

Meanings

Plural: piercings

Verb

• cut or make a way through
• move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply
• sound sharply or shrilly
• penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
• make a hole into
• present participle and gerund of pierce

Adjective Satellite

• having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
• painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
  • "piercing knifelike pains"
  • "piercing cold"
  • "piercing criticism"

Noun

• gerund of pierce
• A hole made in the body so that jewellery can be worn through it.
• An item of jewellery designed to be fitted through a piercing (sense 2).

Adj

• Appearing to look deeply into; penetrating.
• Of temperature, extremely cold so that it penetrates through clothing and shelter.
• Of sound, loud and sharp; shrill.

Synonyms

acute, cutting, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, lancinate, lancinating, penetrating, penetrative, pierce, raw, sharp, stabbing, thrust

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