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piercingadjective causing intense discomfort to one's skinthat light sweater will be no match for the piercing wind outside biting, bitter, cutting, keen, penetrating, raw, sharp, shrewd, smarting, stinging brisk, invigorating, nippy, snappyneedlelike, prickly, tinglingcaustic, corrosive balmy, gentle, mild, soothing marked by a high volume of soundthe frightened child emitted a piercing shriek that could be heard all over the house blaring, blasting, booming, clamorous, clangorous, deafening, earsplitting, loud, plangent, resounding, ringing, roaring, slam-bang, sonorous, stentorian, thundering, thunderous brazen, dinning, discordant, noisy, obstreperous, raucous, rip-roaring, vociferousgrating, harsh, overloud, sharp, shrill, squealing, strident gentle, low, soft dead, quiet, silent, still, stilly, ultraquietcalm, dreamy, peaceful, restful, serene, soothing, tranquilhushed, muffled, muted, softened, toned (down) piercingverbpresent participle of pierceto go or come in or intothoughts of revenge relentlessly pierced her mind accessing, entering, penetrating barging (in), breezing (in), bursting (in or into), waltzing (in)dropping in, popping (in)straying (into), wandering (into)crashing, encroaching, gate-crashing, infiltrating, infringing, intruding, invading, trespassing setting foot in, stepping into departing, exiting, leaving to make a hole or series of holes inpierced his ears with a needle boring, drilling, holing, perforating, punching, puncturing, riddling broaching, tappingpoking, pricking, pricklingpenetratingburrowing (into), excavating, gouging, grooving, hollowingbreaking, cutting, gashing, notching, rending, rupturing, slashing, slitting, splitting filling, patching, plugging, sealing to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed objectthe saber pierced his chest, releasing a spurt of blood goring, harpooning, impaling, jabbing, lancing, pecking, picking, pinking, puncturing, running through, skewering, spearing, spiking, spitting, stabbing, sticking, transfixing, transpiercing spindlingperforating, riddlingbayoneting(also bayonetting), dirking, gimleting, piking, poniarding, pronging, quillingpinpricking, poking, pricking, punching, thrustingcutting, knifing, slicing in the 14th century |