Adjective piercing has 5 senses
  1. acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp - having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations"
    Antonyms: unperceptive, unperceiving (indirect, via perceptive)
  2. piercing, shrill, sharp - high-pitched and sharp; "piercing screams"; "a shrill whistle"
    Antonyms: low, low-pitched (indirect, via high)
  3. cutting, keen, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating - as physically painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; "a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "lancinating pain"
    Antonym: dull (indirect, via sharp)
  4. incisive, piercing - suitable for cutting or piercing; "incisive teeth"; "the piercing needle"
    Antonym: dull (indirect, via sharp)
  5. piercing - loud and sharp; "the piercing shriek of sirens"
    Antonyms:
    euphonious, euphonous (indirect, via cacophonous)
,Verb pierce has 5 senses
  1. pierce - cut or make a way through; "the knife cut through the flesh"; "The path pierced the jungle"; "Light pierced through the forest"
    --1 is one way to
    penetrate, perforate
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  2. pierce - move or affect (a person's emotions, bodily feelings, etc.) deeply or sharply; "The cold pierced her bones"; "Her words pierced the students"
    --2 is one way to
    affect, impress, move, strike
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
  3. pierce - sound sharply or shrilly; "The scream pierced the night"
    --3 is one way to
    sound
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
  4. pierce, thrust - penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
    --4 is one way to penetrate, perforate
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
  5. pierce - make a hole into; "The needle pierced her flesh"
    --5 is one way to
    penetrate, perforate
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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