Piercing
['pɪəsɪŋ] or ['pɪrsɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pierce
(a.) Forcibly entering, or adapted to enter, at or by a point; perforating; penetrating; keen; -- used also figuratively; as, a piercing instrument, or thrust.
Checker: Victoria
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Penetrating, perforating.[2]. Sharp, keen, acute, thrilling.
Editor: Thea
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Penetrating, perforating, sharp, keen, acute, thrilling,[See ACUTE]
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Examples
- As my sword went up to end her horrid career her paralysis left her, and with an ear-piercing shriek she turned to flee. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The old woman's face was wrinkled; her two remaining teeth protruded over her under lip; and her eyes were bright and piercing. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- She never abated the piercing quality of her shrieks, never stumbled in the distinctness or the order of her words. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- It flew true as an arrow and piercing the poor devil's heart laid him dead upon the arena. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- One piercing scream escaped her lips as the brute hand clutched her arm. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- With piercing eagerness. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Little Dorrit, with a piercing cry, held her back. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Those who ascended to the immediate neighbourhood of the Barrow perceived that the erect form in the centre, piercing the sky, was not really alone. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The weather being dark, and piercing cold, he had no great temptation to loiter. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The air become more sharp and piercing, as its first dull hue--the death of night, rather than the birth of day--glimmered faintly in the sky. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- By opening these gates, and by piercing a few dykes, the ocean might be made to fight for them. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- On every point of general literature he displays unbounded knowledge, and a quick and piercing apprehension. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- But the wind was in the east; the weather was piercing cold, as it had been for weeks; there would be no demand for light summer goods this year. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- At all events with its feathers and its piercing point the arrow became the most deadly of all missiles, and continued to be until long after the invention of firearms. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- His piercing shriek as consciousness returned to him came faintly up to us from the black depths beneath. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
Typist: Sharif