Meaning & use
Piercing
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Sharply penetrating, whether physically, as with a sound or cold, or emotionally, as with an insight or gaze.
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A piercing scream echoed through the empty hallway.
Her piercing blue eyes seemed to see right through him.
A note on using this word
The word is also commonly used as a noun for a hole made in skin or cartilage to hold jewelry, such as an ear piercing.
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sharppenetrating
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A hole made in the body, such as the ear or nose, in which jewelry is worn.
She got a second piercing in her earlobe.
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