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| Shopping | The largest selection of PIERCING products: USA, UK, Canada, Deutschland, France. |
| TV Shop | As seen on TV: beauty, diets, exercise, household, kitchen, personal, vitamins, and other popular TV-products. |
| ADJECTIVE | 1 | piercing, acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, sharp | Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions |
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| 2 | piercing, shrill, sharp | Having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones | |
| 3 | piercing, cutting, keen, knifelike, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating | As physically painful as if caused by a sharp instrument | |
| 4 | piercing, incisive | Suitable for cutting or piercing | |
| 5 | piercing | Loud and sharp |
| Sounds | pih'rsihng |
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| Rhymes | abducting, abiding, abounding, and 2057 more rhymes in ihng... |
| Meaning | Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions. |
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| Synonyms | acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, sharp |
| Similar to | perceptive |
| Meaning | Having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones . |
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| Examples | "piercing screams" |
| Synonyms | shrill, sharp |
| Similar to | high, high-pitched |
| Meaning | As physically painful as if caused by a sharp instrument. |
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| Examples | "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism" |
| Synonyms | cutting, keen, knifelike, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating |
| Similar to | sharp |
| Adverbs | piercingly |
| Meaning | Suitable for cutting or piercing. |
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| Examples | "the piercing needle" |
| Synonyms | incisive |
| Similar to | sharp |
| Meaning | Loud and sharp. |
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| Examples | "the piercing shriek of sirens" |
| Similar to | cacophonous, cacophonic |
| Adverbs | piercingly |
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