See piercing in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
adjective
Marked by severity or intensity:
acute, gnawing, knifelike, lancinating, sharp, shooting, stabbing. See bigElevated in pitch:
high, high-pitched, piping, shrieky, shrill, shrilly, treble. (Music) acute. See high, sounds
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