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1. (adj.) piercing
loud; shrill.
2. piercing
extremely cold or bitter.
3. piercing
appearing to gaze deeply into something.
4. piercing
perceptive or aware.
5. piercing
sarcastic; cutting.
Etymology: (1375–1425)
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| Definition of 'piercing' |
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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) cutting, keen, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating
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"
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1. (adjective) piercing
(of a sound) very loud and high
a piercing shriek
2. (noun) piercing
a hole in the skin into which jewelry is placed
a young woman with several piercings
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) piercing
forcibly entering, or adapted to enter, at or by a point; perforating; penetrating; keen; -- used also figuratively; as, a piercing instrument, or thrust
2. piercing
of Pierce
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Sense: loud; shrill
a piercing scream.
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 Afrikaans: deurborende |
 Arabic: حادٌّ، عالي الصَّوْت |
 Bulgarian: пронизителен |
 Brazilian: estridente |
 Czech: pronikavý |
 German: gellend |
 Danish: gennemtrængende |
 Greek: διαπεραστικός |
 Spanish: penetrante, agudo, desgar |
 Estonian: läbilõikav |
 Farsi: تیز؛ بلند |
 Finnish: pistävä |
 French: perçant |
 Hebrew: חוֹדֵר |
 Hindi: तेज, तीखा |
 Croatian: prodoran, bolan |
 Hungarian: átható |
 Indonesian: melengking |
 Icelandic: skerandi |
 Italian: penetrante, acuto |
 Japanese: 耳をつんざく |
 Korean: 매우 날카로운 |
 Lithuanian: veriantis |
 Latvian: spalgs; griezīgs |
 Malay: nyaring |
 Dutch: doordringend |
 Norwegian: skjærende, gjennomtrengen |
 Polish: przenikliwy |
 Persian: تیز؛ بلند |
 Pashto: ځيرك، تيز ليدونكى |
 Portuguese: estridente |
 Romanian: ascuţit |
 Russian: пронзительный |
 Slovak: prenikavý |
 Slovenian: predirljiv |
 Serbian: prodoran |
 Swedish: genomträngande |
 Thai: เสียงแหลมดัง |
 Turkish: tiz, acı, keskin |
 Taiwanese: 尖銳的 |
 Ukrainian: різкий |
 Urdu: تيز آواز |
 Vietnamese: the thé |
 Chinese: 尖锐的 |
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