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Synonyms for piercing
ˈpɪər sɪŋpierc·ing

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. piercing

    Synonyms:
    penetrating, perforating, sharp, keen, acute, thrilling

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharpadjective

    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:
    intense, penetrative, discriminating, shrill, neat, sharp, shrewd, lancinating, nifty, sharp-worded, not bad(p), bang-up, astute, incisive, acuate, dandy, tart, smashing, cutting, bully, precipitous, needlelike, slap-up, abrupt, keen, lancinate, knifelike, corking, exquisite, groovy, great, acute, penetrating, swell, cracking, crisp, stabbing, peachy

    Antonyms:
    unperceptive, unperceiving, dull

  2. cutting, keen, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinatingadjective

    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"

    Synonyms:
    slap-up, cracking, neat, sharp, lancinating, wounding, incisive, cutting, peachy, swell, knifelike, corking, bully, keen, dandy, nifty, smashing, not bad(p), raw, discriminating, bang-up, acute, groovy, lancinate, stinging, edged, exquisite, penetrating, bleak, great, stabbing, penetrative

    Antonyms:
    dull, unperceiving, unperceptive

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. piercingadjective

    Synonyms:
    penetrating, perforating

  2. piercingadjective

    Synonyms:
    sharp, keen, acute, thrilling

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. piercingadjective

    Synonyms:
    penetrating, keen, sharp, thrilling, poignant

  2. piercingnoun

    Synonyms:
    penetration, perforation, impalement, transfixion, boring

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "piercing":

    drilling, puncturing, bore, boring, stud, perforation

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How to use piercing in a sentence?

  1. Magha:

    A subtle-witted man is like an arrow, which, rending little surface, enters deeply, but they whose minds are dull resemble stones dashing with clumsy force, but never piercing.

  2. White House:

    Oneof Americas leading scientists, Dr. Jeffries was crucial to the United States war effort in World War II, his efforts enabled the United States to develop artillery shells capable of piercing the armor of German tanks, and his contributions to the Manhattan Project helped end the war in the Pacifictheater.

  3. William Shakespeare:

    O, now, for ever Farewell the tranquil mind farewell content Farewell the plumed troop and the big wars That make ambition virtue O, farewell Farewell the neighing steed and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner, and all quality, Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war And, O you mortal engines, whose rude throats The immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell Othello's occupation's gone

  4. Toronto Mississauga paleontologist Kirstin Brink:

    But the serrations were most efficient for piercing flesh and gripping it while ripping off a chunk of meat, called the 'puncture and pull' feeding style.

  5. Amit Ray:

    Meditation is listening the song of the inner Soul, seeing the beauty of the inner Self, smelling the fragrance of the inner Spirit, experiencing the touch of the Divine inner energies and tasting the piercing sweetness of the inner God.


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