piercing

adjective

1. Marked by severity or intensity: acute, gnawing, knifelike, lancinating, sharp, shooting, stabbing. See big/small/amount.
2. Elevated in pitch: high, high-pitched, piping, shrieky, shrill, shrilly, treble. Music acute. See high/low, sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.

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The adjective has 5 meanings:

Meaning #1: having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
  Synonyms: acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, sharp

Meaning #2: high-pitched and sharp
  Synonyms: shrill, sharp

Meaning #3: as physically painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
  Synonyms: cutting, keen, knifelike, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating

Meaning #4: suitable for cutting or piercing
  Synonym: incisive

Meaning #5: loud and sharp

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - gennemborende, skærende

Nederlands (Dutch)
doordringend, scherp, snijdend

Français (French)
adj. - perçant, glacial, pénétrant, intense

Deutsch (German)
adj. - durchdringend, schneidend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - διαπεραστικός

Italiano (Italian)
penetrante, pungente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - penetrante, perfurante, agudo

Русский (Russian)
пронзительный, проницательный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - penetrante, agudo, cortante

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - genomträngande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
刺骨的, 讽刺的, 刺穿的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 刺骨的, 諷刺的, 刺穿的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 꿰뚫는, (추위.바람 등이) 사무치는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 突き刺すような, 洞察力のある, 鋭い

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) برد قارس, , لاذع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חודר, חד, עז‬

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piercing	Body Piercing Jewelry