Piercing Synonyms and Antonyms
pîr'sĭng
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Synonyms for Piercing
Penetrating
Penetrating
Sudden and shrill:
Loud and shrill enough to hurt the ears:
Having a pitch corresponding to a relatively large number of sound-wave cycles per second:
The definition of keen is something sharp or intense.
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The definition of incisive is someone or something accurate, clear thinking or well focused.
To pass into or through something.
More generally, to pierce (something) with any long, pointed object.
Involving or showing strain or extreme effort:
Requiring trouble and care; exacting and difficult
Sharp or pungent to the smell or, formerly, the taste
The definition of pungent is something with a strong smell or taste, or something directly to the point.
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(Informal) Very active or successful; brisk
Elevated in pitch
Causing the feeling of a sudden excitement.
Acute is defined as something that is very serious, severe or extreme.
Marked by severity or intensity
Characterized by a sensation of cutting, piercing, or stabbing.
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Marked by severity or intensity
Characterized by the music of the “peaceful” pipe rather than of the “warlike” drums, trumpets, etc.; hence, peaceful or tranquil
Elevated in pitch
Sharply penetrating; piercing:
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painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
Able to recognize or draw fine distinctions or judgments:
Having the ability to penetrate
bayonetting
(UK) Present participle of bayonet.
To fail to fulfill; cancel:
To inflict wounds or a wound on.
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Transfix is to pierce with something pointed, or to cause someone to become motionless as they concentrate on someone or something either in a good way or a bad way.
To prick or wound with a sting
To mark, pierce, cut, etc. with a spike or spikes, or impale on a spike
To cut or wound with a sweeping stroke or strokes, as of a knife
To penetrate or explore physically, especially with a probe, in order to find or discover something:
To put, hit, or drive into a hole
To make a long deep cut in; slash deeply.
To bore a hole or holes
(Mineralogy) To break a single crystal (such as a gemstone or semiconductor wafer) along one of its more symmetrical crystallographic planes (often by impact), forming facets on the resulting pieces.
To enlarge or shape (a hole) with a broach
To cut, grip, or tear with the teeth.
To enter or appear in a manner regarded as disruptive, inappropriate, or unwelcome
To make a breach in; break open or through
To cut (off); sever
Lofty; exalted
Elevated in pitch
To bore a hole or passage
Transparent in colour.
Antonyms for Piercing
Ranked near the beginning of an ascending series or scale:
Having low dissolved mineral content:
Having few resources; relatively low in wealth, numbers, supplies, etc.
Words Related to Piercing
(Of clothing, decorations, etc.) Having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns; gaudy.
Able or seeming to penetrate:
Producing a sharp, high-pitched tone or sound:
Of great significance; momentous:
Elevated in pitch
To remove the wrapping from:
To refrain from; avoid or resist. Used with can or cannot:
ear-piercing
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