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Penetrating

//ˈpɛnɪtɹeɪtɪŋ//

Synonyms for "penetrating" (214 found)

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Informal (37)

Adj, adv, intj, name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(7 words)

hard sharp high rough deep raw bitter

Adj, adv, noun, slang(1 words)

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(6 words)

keen cutting smart crisp tart howling

Adj, adv, name, slang(1 words)

Adj, contraction, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, name, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, noun, slang(6 words)

acid caustic slushy nippy ice-cold ear-piercing

Adj, adv, slang(1 words)

Adj, name, slang(2 words)

Adj, slang(5 words)

snappy frigid shrewd gutsy punchy

Adj, adv, name, noun, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

General use (177)

Adjective(8 words)

sharp keen acute piercing incisive discriminating knifelike penetrative

Adj, adv, noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, noun, verb(26 words)

understanding sour intimate piercing telling violent striking profound biting driving stinging freezing mordant piping shrill scorching pinching numbing searching stabbing

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discerning absorbing suffocating deafening shrieking keening

Adj, name(4 words)

severe vital witty reedy

Adj, noun(17 words)

critical imperative sensitive effective bleak intelligent corrosive strident boreal astringent hyperborean percipient siberian ice cold ingoing escharotic freezing cold

Adjective(81 words)

rigorous nervous intense sensational vigorous luminous poignant piquant impressive virulent forceful pungent incisive vehement forcible trenchant cogent inclement perspicuous acrid

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Adj, verb(10 words)

brisk pointed reeking discriminating irritating devastating scathing edged acerbate supercooled

Adj, adv(1 words)

Adj, name, noun(2 words)

Adj, intj, name, noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, name, noun, verb(1 words)

Noun(2 words)

penetration ear piercing

Noun, verb(8 words)

whistling whining foreseeing wailing nipping corroding screeching squeaking

double edged below zero bitterly cold cold as marble ice-encrusted winterbound nose tickling nose-tickling sharp-sighted strong-smelling deepgoing strong-scented nose-piercing

Verb(1 words)

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