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piercing
adjective
(pierc-ing)
painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
Synonyms:
cutting
,
keen
,
knifelike
,
lancinate
,
lancinating
,
stabbing
,
Examples:
Piercing knifelike pains.
Piercing cold.
Piercing criticism.
piercing
adjective
(pierc-ing)
having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
Synonyms:
acute
,
discriminating
,
incisive
,
keen
,
knifelike
,
penetrating
,
penetrative
,
sharp
,
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knifelike
,
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,
shrill
,
sharp
,
incisive
,
cacophonic
,
perceptive
,
penetrative
,
cacophonous
,
stabbing
,
cutting
,
acute
,
high
,
discriminating
,
keen
,
high-pitched
,
puncturing
,
perforation
,
punching
,
bore
,
armor
,
stud
,
hole
,
digging
,
fife
,
boring
,
drilling
,
traversing
,
borehole
,
cree
,
drill
,
armour
,
rig
,
unraveling
,
unlocking
,
tattooing
,
cauterizing
,
piercer
,
labret
,
tragus
,
purpled
,
weals
,
bladelike
,
gnarling
,
vulval
,
scarification
,
sandpapery
,
darning needle
,
tympanic
,
threader
,
rheumy
,
masklike
,
nasal
,
quavery
,
embouchure
,
powdering
,
huskiness
,
protuberant
,
spiky
,
altissimo
,
impassivity
,
reddens
,
refracting
,
hornlike
,
blueish
,
bangs
,
protruding
,
winglike
,
labia majora
,
curette
,
singeing
,
tubelike
,
pellucid
,
undulant
,
ripply
,
throbbing
,
temporal artery
,
crosshatching
,
searing
,
philtrum
,
serrated
,
rimless
,
spume
,
cheekbones
,
specula
,
silhouetting
,
seborrheic keratosis
,
frenulum
,
pinkness
,
shrieks
,
deafens
,
earlobe
,
fluttery
,
scarring
,
abrades
,
navel
,
pendulous
,
silvering
,
tremolos
,
thrums
,
piercing
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