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Another word for penetrating

penetrating Synonyms

penetrating

modif.

Entering
piercing, boring, going through, puncturing, sticking into, permeating, infiltrating, forcing, passing through, punching into.
Sharp
pointed, edged, keen-edged; see sharp 1, 2.
Mentally keen
astute, shrewd, sharp; see intelligent 1.

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Another word for penetrating

adjective

Possessing or displaying perceptions of great accuracy and sensitivity:

acute, incisive, keen¹, perceptive, probing, sensitive, sharp, trenchant. See careful, sharp

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She shivered at his penetrating gaze.
And now, now it seemed to her she was penetrating the mystery....
She squirmed under his penetrating stare.
His penetrating gaze prowled over her face and pounced on her eyes.
Cuculus canorus and trogons, is often lined with the broken-off hairs of these caterpillars, which, penetrating the cuticle, assume a regular spiral arrangement, due to the rotatory motion of the muscles of the gizzard.

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