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Definition of piercing : Forcibly entering, or adapted to enter, at or by a point; perforating; penetrating; keen; - used also figuratively; as, a piercing instrument, or thrust.

Synonyms:

perceptive, needlelike, bully, discriminating, tart, wounding, sharp-worded, corking, dandy, big, slap-up, lancinate, nifty, cracking, lancinating, shrieky, crisp, shooting, shrilly, incisive, not bad, high, bleak, sharp, exquisite, edged, intense, penetrative, shrewd, bang-up, smashing, keen, knifelike, cacophonous, cacophonic, peachy, raw, precipitous, abrupt, neat, acuate, great, swell, piping, astute, groovy

insertion, introduction, implantation, penetration, interlocation, injection, infiltration, lodgement, insinuation, intrusion

disagreeable, uncomfortable, anguishing, horrendous, acute, besetting, bothersome, hurtful, wrenching, smarting, gnawing, miserable, insufferable, offensive, odious, cramping, bitter, excruciating, aggravating, tormenting, torturing, troublesome, withering, biting, severe, cruel, annoying, aching, woeful, painful, grievous, irksome, unbearable, trying, sore, oppressive, harrowing, arduous, irritating, throbbing, stabbing, crushing, burdensome, agonizing, chafing, stinging, unpleasant, cutting, distressful, grueling, inflaming

injecting, interposing, embedding, lodging, insinuating, infiltrating, implanting, intruding, inserting, introducing

punching, puncturing, boring, gouging, pointing, drilling, poking, perforating, lancing, spearing, needling, spiking, sticking, skewering

caterwaul, shrillness, hoarseness, squeal, whistle, acuteness, creakiness, scream, sharpness, stridency, scratchiness, raucousness, screech, harshness, highness, reediness

jangling, screeching, raucous, caterwauling, high-pitched, scraping, earsplitting, penetrating, hoarse, reedy, shrill, loud, squealing, shrieking, deafening, scratching, jarring, screaming, creaky, whining, treble, squeaky, whistling, rasping, grating, ear-piercing, harsh, strident

Usage examples:

• Light was his hair, bright his cheeks, his eyes piercing as a young serpent's. - "The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson", Saemund Sigfusson and Snorre Sturleson.
• The warriors in the camp replied with the piercing Cheyenne war cry. - "Three Sioux Scouts", Elmer Russell Gregor.
• Often her pallid eyes wandered around a salon with piercing curiosity. - "The Village Rector", Honore de Balzac.