Unscramble piercing

Definition of piercing

adjective:

• 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". Synonyms: acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, sharp.
• 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". Synonyms: cutting, keen, knifelike, lancinate, lancinating, stabbing.

verb:

• cut or make a way through; "the knife cut through the flesh", "The path pierced the jungle", "Light pierced through the forest". Synonyms: pierce.
• move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply; "The cold pierced her bones", "Her words pierced the students". Synonyms: pierce.
• sound sharply or shrilly; "The scream pierced the night". Synonyms: pierce.
• penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument. Synonyms: pierce, thrust.
• make a hole into; "The needle pierced her flesh". Synonyms: pierce.

Related words

bite, empale, gore, horn, impale, lance, peg, perforate, pick, poke, prick, prickle, punch, puncture, riddle, spike, stick, sting, tap, transfix, tusk.