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Piercing

//ˈpɪɹsɪŋ//

Synonyms for "piercing" (297 found)

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Informal (42)

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(8 words)

hard sharp high rough full deep raw bitter

Adj, adv, noun, slang(1 words)

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

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

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(5 words)

keen cutting crisp tart howling

Adj, adv, name, slang(1 words)

Adj, noun, verb, slang(4 words)

acute roaring screaming slashing

Adj, name, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, noun, slang(6 words)

acid caustic slushy nippy ice-cold ear-piercing

Name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, slang(1 words)

Adj, slang(6 words)

snappy painful frigid shrewd gutsy punchy

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

cruel thundering

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

Adj, name, slang(1 words)

Noun, verb, slang(2 words)

fixing punching

General use (255)

Adjective(12 words)

sharp keen cutting acute penetrating incisive discriminating stabbing knifelike lancinate penetrative lancinating

Adj, name, noun, verb(4 words)

grave boring withering goring

Adj, adv, noun, verb(2 words)

Adj, adv, noun(1 words)

Adj, noun, verb(38 words)

understanding sour telling violent grating striking profound shooting biting driving stinging freezing mordant piping booming shrill scorching gnawing pinching chilling

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ringing numbing harrowing searching stabbing splitting resounding discerning absorbing tormenting entrancing agonizing racking probing deafening gripping shrieking keening

Adj, name(5 words)

severe vital frosty witty reedy

Adjective(105 words)

extravagant atrocious outrageous rigorous nervous intense sensational vigorous furious unconscionable poignant piquant impressive sonorous virulent forceful pungent excessive venomous incisive

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Adj, noun(17 words)

imperative exquisite spasmodic effective bleak corrosive strident boreal spellbinding astringent hyperborean percipient drastic siberian ice cold escharotic freezing cold

Noun, verb(22 words)

puncture hurting griping whistling whining foreseeing pealing blaring wailing nipping corroding pricking cramping screeching acupuncture squeaking trepanning puncturing knifing skewering

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trephining bayonetting

Adj, verb(14 words)

brisk pointed penetrating intemperate distressing reeking fascinating irritating enthralling scathing edged arresting acerbate supercooled

Name, noun, verb(2 words)

Adj, adv, name, noun(1 words)

Adj, adv(1 words)

Adj, name, noun(2 words)

Noun(10 words)

penetration impalement perforation ear piercing terebration transfixion acupunctuation transforation transfixation empiercement

Adv, noun(1 words)

double edged below zero bitterly cold cold as marble ice-encrusted winterbound nose tickling nose-tickling ear splitting the sword ear-rending loud-sounding stentoraphonic window-rattling deepgoing drill hole

Verb(1 words)

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