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Definitions for Piercing

[1] loud or shrill, as the quality of a voice.
[2] extremely cold or bitter: a piercing wind.
[3] appearing to gaze deeply or penetratingly into something: piercing eyes.
[4] perceptive or aware; acute: a piercing mind.
[5] sarcastic or caustic; cutting: piercing remarks.
[6] to penetrate into or run through (something), as a sharp, pointed dagger, object, or instrument does.
[7] to make a hole or opening in.
[8] to bore into or through; tunnel.
[9] to perforate.
[10] to make (a hole, opening, etc.) by or as by boring or perforating.
[11] to make a way or path into or through: a road that pierces the dense jungle.
[12] to penetrate with the eye or mind; see into or through: She couldn't pierce his thoughts.
[13] to affect sharply with some sensation or emotion, as of cold, pain, or grief: The wind pierced her body. Her words pierced our hearts.
[14] to sound sharply through (the air, stillness, etc.): A pistol shot pierced the night.
[15] to force or make a way into or through something; penetrate: to pierce to the heart.
[16] (of a sound) sharp and shrill
[17] (of eyes or a look) intense and penetrating
[18] (of an emotion) strong and deeply affecting
[19] (of cold or wind) intense or biting
[20] the art or practice of piercing body parts for the insertion of jewellery
[21] an instance of the piercing of a body part
[22] to form or cut (a hole) in (something) with or as if with a sharp instrument
[23] to thrust into or penetrate sharply or violently the thorn pierced his heel
[24] to force (a way, route, etc) through (something)
[25] (of light) to shine through or penetrate (darkness)
[26] (also intr) to discover or realize (something) suddenly or (of an idea) to become suddenly apparent
[27] (of sounds or cries) to sound sharply through (the silence)
[28] to move or affect (a person's emotions, bodily feelings, etc) deeply or sharply the cold pierced their bones
[29] (intr) to penetrate or be capable of penetrating piercing cold
[30] Franklin. 1804–69, US statesman; 14th president of the US (1853–57)

Words related to Piercing

earsplitting, penetrating, blaring, high-pitched, fierce, biting, shrill, painful, treble, shooting, stabbing, excruciating, freezing, agonizing, keen, thin, deafening, roaring, bitter, shattering

Words nearby Piercing

pier glass, pier table, pierce, pierce's disease, pierced, piercing, piercing saw, piercy, pierhead, pieria, pierian

Origin of Piercing

e1250–1300; Middle English percen < Old French perc(i)er < Vulgar Latin *pertūsiāre, verbal derivative of Latin pertūsus, past participle of pertundere to bore a hole through, perforate, equivalent to per- per- + tundere to strike, beat

Other words from Piercing

pierc·ing·ly , adverb
pierc·ing·ness , noun
un·pierc·ing , adjective
pierce·a·ble , adjective
pierc·er , noun
un·pierce·a·ble , adjective

Word origin for Piercing

eC13 percen, from Old French percer, ultimately from Latin pertundere, from per through + tundere to strike

Synonyms for Piercing

biting, blaring, earsplitting, fierce, high-pitched, painful, penetrating, shrill, agonizing, bitter, deafening, excruciating, freezing, keen, numbing, racking, roaring, shattering, shooting, stabbing, thin, treble, acute, arctic, cold, exquisite, frosty, high, knifelike, loud, powerful, raw, severe, sharp, stentorian, stentorious, wintry