piercing

piercing
[[t]pɪ͟ə(r)sɪŋ[/t]]
1) ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n A piercing sound or voice is high-pitched and very sharp and clear in an unpleasant way.

A piercing scream split the air.

...a piercing whistle.

Derived words:
piercingly ADV-GRADED

She screamed again, piercingly.

2) ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n If someone has piercing eyes or a piercing stare, they seem to look at you very intensely. [WRITTEN]

...his sandy blond hair and piercing blue eyes...

He fixes you with a piercing stare.

Syn:
Derived words:
piercingly ADV-GRADED

Ben looked at him piercingly.

3) ADJ-GRADED: ADJ n If you describe a quality or feeling as piercing, you mean that it makes you experience a feeling, especially sadness, very strongly. [LITERARY]

She was aware of a sharp piercing regret.

4) ADJ-GRADED A piercing wind makes you feel very cold.

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  • Piercing — Pier cing, a. Forcibly entering, or adapted to enter, at or by a point; perforating; penetrating; keen; used also figuratively; as, a piercing instrument, or thrust. Piercing eloquence. Shak. [1913 Webster] {Pier cing*ly}, adv. {Pier cing*ness},… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Piercing — (ingl.; pronunc. [pírsin]) m. Práctica de perforar distintas partes del cuerpo para llevar *pendientes. * * * Pirsin o piercing (voz inglesa que significa perforación, pronunciada aproximadamente pirsin) es la práctica de ponerse adornos del… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Piercing — Piercing: Das Fremdwort bezeichnet das »Durchstechen oder Durchbohren der Haut zur Anbringung von Körperschmuck«. Das Substantiv, das wie die Mode selbst gegen Ende des 20. Jh.s aufgekommen ist, geht zurück auf gleichbed. engl. piercing, eine… …   Das Herkunftswörterbuch

  • Piercing — Piercing. См. Прокалывание. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …   Словарь металлургических терминов

  • piercing — index acute, bitter (penetrating), caustic, harsh, incisive, interrogative, mordacious, perspicacious …   Law dictionary

  • piercing — → pirsin …   Diccionario panhispánico de dudas

  • piercing — |pírcingue| s. m. 1. Perfuração na pele para uso de tachas ou enfeites. 2. Orifício criado por essa perfuração. 3. Enfeite ou tacha que se usa nesse orifício. • Plural: piercings.   ‣ Etimologia: palavra inglesa …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • piercing — /ˈpirsin(g), ingl. ˈpɪəsɪŋ/ [vc. ingl., dal v. to pierce «forare, perforare»] s. m. inv. CFR. branding (ingl.) …   Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

  • piercing — [adj] intense to the senses acute, agonizing, arctic, biting, bitter, blaring, cold, deafening, earsplitting, excruciating, exquisite, fierce, freezing, frosty, high, high pitched, keen, knifelike, loud, numbing, painful, penetrating, powerful,… …   New thesaurus

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