PIERCING as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • loud and sharp
   Usage Example(s)
   • the piercing shriek of sirens
   Similar To
   • cacophonous (what does cacophonous mean?)
   • cacophonic (what does cacophonic mean?)
2. Meaning
   • suitable for cutting or piercing
   Synonym(s)
   • incisive (what does incisive mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • incisive teeth
   • the piercing needle
   Similar To
   • sharp (what does sharp mean?)
3. Meaning
   • as physically painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
   Synonym(s)
   • cutting (what does cutting mean?)
   • keen (what does keen mean?)
   • knifelike (what does knifelike mean?)
   • lancinate (what does lancinate mean?)
   • lancinating (what does lancinating mean?)
   • stabbing (what does stabbing mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a cutting wind
   • keen winds
   • knifelike cold
   • piercing knifelike pains
   • piercing cold
   • piercing criticism
   • a stabbing pain
   • lancinating pain
   Similar To
   • sharp (what does sharp mean?)
4. Meaning
   • high-pitched and sharp
   Synonym(s)
   • sharp (what does sharp mean?)
   • shrill (what does shrill mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • piercing screams
   • a shrill whistle
   Similar To
   • high (what does high mean?)
   • high-pitched (what does high-pitched mean?)
5. Meaning
   • having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
   Synonym(s)
   • acute (what does acute mean?)
   • discriminating (what does discriminating mean?)
   • incisive (what does incisive mean?)
   • keen (what does keen mean?)
   • knifelike (what does knifelike mean?)
   • penetrating (what does penetrating mean?)
   • penetrative (what does penetrative mean?)
   • sharp (what does sharp mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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 pene
   Similar To
   • perceptive (what does perceptive mean?)