All piercing synonyms
pierc·ing
P p adj piercing
- full-mouthed — (of cattle, sheep, etc.) having a complete set of teeth.
- breathy — If someone has a breathy voice, you can hear their breath when they speak or sing.
- absonant — inharmonious
- campiest — of, relating to, or characterized by camp: a campy send-up of romantic operetta.
- painful — affected with, causing, or characterized by pain: a painful wound; a painful night; a painful memory.
- atonal — Atonal music is music that is not written or played in any key or system of scales.
- croupier — A croupier is the person in charge of a gambling table in a casino, who collects the bets and pays money to the people who have won.
- clear-sighted — If you describe someone as clear-sighted, you admire them because they are able to understand situations well and to make sensible judgments and decisions about them.
- cutting — A cutting is a piece of writing which has been cut from a newspaper or magazine.
- hoarse — having a vocal tone characterized by weakness of intensity and excessive breathiness; husky: the hoarse voice of the auctioneer.
- croupy — pertaining to or resembling croup.
- ingoing — going in; entering.
- hawkish — resembling a hawk, as in appearance or behavior.
- antarctic — The Antarctic is the area around the South Pole.
- lancinating — to stab or pierce.
- nagging — continually faultfinding, complaining, or petulant: a nagging parent.
- gravelly — of, like, or abounding in gravel.
- knife-edged — having a thin, sharp edge.
adjective piercing
- needlelike — a small, slender, rodlike instrument, usually of polished steel, with a sharp point at one end and an eye or hole for thread at the other, for passing thread through cloth to make stitches in sewing.
- beady — Beady eyes are small, round, and bright.
- noisy — abounding in or full of noise: a noisy assembly hall.
- keen — finely sharpened, as an edge; so shaped as to cut or pierce substances readily: a keen razor.
- rackety — making or causing a racket; noisy.
- racking — Also called cloud rack. a group of drifting clouds.
- knifelike — Resembling a knife or its effects.
- overbold — Excessively bold.
- zesty — full of zest; piquant: a zesty salad dressing.