Synonyms for piercing
ˈpɪər sɪŋpierc·ing

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. piercing

   Synonyms:
   penetrating, perforating, sharp, keen, acute, thrilling

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1. acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharpadjective

   having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

   "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations"

   Synonyms:
   intense, penetrative, discriminating, shrill, neat, sharp, shrewd, lancinating, nifty, sharp-worded, not bad(p), bang-up, astute, incisive, acuate, dandy, tart, smashing, cutting, bully, precipitous, needlelike, slap-up, abrupt, keen, lancinate, knifelike, corking, exquisite, groovy, great, acute, penetrating, swell, cracking, crisp, stabbing, peachy

   Antonyms:
   unperceptive, unperceiving, dull

2. cutting, keen, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinatingadjective

   painful as if caused by a sharp instrument

   "a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "lancinating pain"

   Synonyms:
   slap-up, cracking, neat, sharp, lancinating, wounding, incisive, cutting, peachy, swell, knifelike, corking, bully, keen, dandy, nifty, smashing, not bad(p), raw, discriminating, bang-up, acute, groovy, lancinate, stinging, edged, exquisite, penetrating, bleak, great, stabbing, penetrative

   Antonyms:
   dull, unperceiving, unperceptive

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. piercingadjective

   Synonyms:
   penetrating, perforating

2. piercingadjective

   Synonyms:
   sharp, keen, acute, thrilling

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1. piercingadjective

   Synonyms:
   penetrating, keen, sharp, thrilling, poignant

2. piercingnoun

   Synonyms:
   penetration, perforation, impalement, transfixion, boring

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1. List of paraphrases for "piercing":

   drilling, puncturing, bore, boring, stud, perforation

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How to use piercing in a sentence?

1. Alastair Key:

   The diversity of tools is fantastic. In the 1920s, the site produced some of earliest handaxes ever discovered in Britain. Now, for the first time, we have found rare evidence of scraping and piercing implements at this very early age.

2. Magha:

   A good man?s intellect is piercing, yet inflicts no wound; his actions are deliberate, yet bold; his heart is warm, but never burns; his speech is eloquent, yet ever true.

3. Ron Vara:

   Only the Chinese can turn a leather sofa into an acid bath, a baby crib into a lethal weapon, and a cell phone battery into heart-piercing shrapnel.

4. Toronto Mississauga paleontologist Kirstin Brink:

   But the serrations were most efficient for piercing flesh and gripping it while ripping off a chunk of meat, called the 'puncture and pull' feeding style.

5. William Shakespeare:

   O, now, for ever Farewell the tranquil mind farewell content Farewell the plumed troop and the big wars That make ambition virtue O, farewell Farewell the neighing steed and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner, and all quality, Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war And, O you mortal engines, whose rude throats The immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell Othello's occupation's gone