ALL meanings of piercing
pierc·ing
P p - adjective piercing loud or shrill, as the quality of a voice. 1
- adjective piercing extremely cold or bitter: a piercing wind. 1
- adjective piercing appearing to gaze deeply or penetratingly into something: piercing eyes. 1
- adjective piercing perceptive or aware; acute: a piercing mind. 1
- adjective piercing sarcastic or caustic; cutting: piercing remarks. 1
- noun piercing body modification 1
- verb with object piercing to penetrate into or run through (something), as a sharp, pointed dagger, object, or instrument does. 1
- noun piercing hole for earring, etc. 1
- verb with object piercing to make a hole or opening in. 1
- adjective piercing pain, etc.: sharp 1
- verb with object piercing to bore into or through; tunnel. 1
- adjective piercing scream, etc.: high-pitched 1
- verb with object piercing to perforate. 1
- abbreviation PIERCING penetrating 1
- verb with object piercing to make (a hole, opening, etc.) by or as by boring or perforating. 1
- adjective piercing that breaks surface 1
- verb with object piercing to make a way or path into or through: a road that pierces the dense jungle. 1
- adjective piercing causing strong emotion 1
- verb with object piercing to penetrate with the eye or mind; see into or through: She couldn't pierce his thoughts. 1
- verb with object piercing to affect sharply with some sensation or emotion, as of cold, pain, or grief: The wind pierced her body. Her words pierced our hearts. 1
- verb with object piercing to sound sharply through (the air, stillness, etc.): A pistol shot pierced the night. 1
- verb without object piercing to force or make a way into or through something; penetrate: to pierce to the heart. 1
- adjective piercing A piercing sound or voice is high-pitched and very sharp and clear in an unpleasant way. 0
- adjective piercing If someone has piercing eyes or a piercing stare, they seem to look at you very intensely. 0
- graded adjective piercing If you describe a quality or feeling as piercing, you mean that it makes you experience a feeling, especially sadness, very strongly. 0
- adjective piercing A piercing wind makes you feel very cold. 0
- adjective piercing (of a sound) sharp and shrill 0
- adjective piercing (of eyes or a look) intense and penetrating 0
- adjective piercing (of an emotion) strong and deeply affecting 0
- adjective piercing (of cold or wind) intense or biting 0
- noun piercing the art or practice of piercing body parts for the insertion of jewellery 0
- noun piercing an instance of the piercing of a body part 0