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1. (adj.) penetrating
able or tending to penetrate; piercing; sharp.
2. penetrating
acute; discerning:
a penetrating remark.
Etymology: (1590–1600)
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| Definition of 'penetrating' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp
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"
2. (adj) penetrative, penetrating
tending to penetrate; having the power of entering or piercing
"a toxic penetrative spray applied to the surface"; "a cold penetrating wind"; "a penetrating odor"
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1. (adjective) penetrating
intelligent and perceptive
an impressive and penetrating study
2. penetrating
(of a look) seeming to question or demand information; = piercing
The girl had a penetrating stare.
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| Definition of 'penetrating' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) penetrating
having the power of entering, piercing, or pervading; sharp; subtile; penetrative; as, a penetrating odor
2. (adj) penetrating
acute; discerning; sagacious; quick to discover; as, a penetrating mind
3. penetrating
of Penetrate
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Sense: (of a voice, sound etc) loud and clear; easily heard
a penetrating voice.
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 Afrikaans: indringend |
 Arabic: خارِق، نافِذ |
 Bulgarian: пронизителен |
 Brazilian: penetrante |
 Czech: pronikavý |
 German: durchdringend |
 Danish: gennemtrængende |
 Greek: διαπεραστικός |
 Spanish: penetrante |
 Estonian: läbilõikav |
 Farsi: تیز؛ رسا |
 Finnish: läpitunkeva |
 French: pénétrant |
 Hebrew: חוֹדֵר |
 Hindi: तेज, तीक्ष्ण |
 Croatian: prodoran (jak) glas |
 Hungarian: átható |
 Indonesian: keras |
 Icelandic: hávær, skarpur |
 Italian: penetrante |
 Japanese: よく通る |
 Korean: 날카로운 |
 Lithuanian: skardus,šaižus |
 Latvian: spalgs, skaļš |
 Malay: nyaring |
 Dutch: doordringend |
 Norwegian: gjennomtrengende, skjæren |
 Polish: przenikliwy, przenikający |
 Persian: تیز؛ رسا |
 Pashto: ننوتونكى، اغيزه كوونكى، |
 Portuguese: penetrante |
 Romanian: penetrant; pătrunzător |
 Russian: пронзительный |
 Slovak: prenikavý |
 Slovenian: prediren |
 Serbian: prodoran |
 Swedish: genomträngande, skarp |
 Thai: ซึ่งดังชัดเจน |
 Turkish: tiz |
 Taiwanese: (聲音等)響亮的 |
 Ukrainian: пронизливий, різкий |
 Urdu: تيز و صاف |
 Vietnamese: the thé |
 Chinese: （声音等）响亮的 |
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