Synonyms for Piercing:

• adj.

  •acute (adjective)
  • smart,
  • powerful,
  • more acute,
  • more shooting,
  • more racking,
  • observant,
  • severe,
  • over-whelming,
  • over-powering,
  • quickwitted,
  • most racking,
  • dis criminating,
  • over powering,
  • dis-criminating,
  • quick witted,
  • over whelming,
  • most shooting.
  •blatant (adjective)
  • ear splitting,
  • more screaming,
  • more ear-splitting,
  • more vociferant,
  • loudmouthed,
  • most ear splitting,
  • most vociferant,
  • more ear splitting,
  • most ear-splitting,
  • most screaming.
  •brassy (adjective)
  • more overbold,
  • in-solent,
  • shameless,
  • most overbold,
  • over bold,
  • un-abashed,
  • un abashed,
  • jarring,
  • un blushing,
  • over-bold,
  • insolent,
  • in solent,
  • un-blushing.
  •burning (adjective)
  • more reeking,
  • re eking,
  • re-eking,
  • most tingling,
  • more prickling,
  • most prickling,
  • most reeking,
  • more tingling.
  •cold (adjective)
  • icebox,
  • sleety,
  • hyperborean,
  • hawkish,
  • brumal,
  • frore,
  • hiemal,
  • one-dog night,
  • iced,
  • rimy,
  • numbing,
  • shivery,
  • gelid,
  • below freezing,
  • two-dog night,
  • have goose bumps,
  • algid,
  • below zero.
  •cutting (adjective)
  • clearcut,
  • most wounding,
  • in-goingest,
  • in-goinger,
  • In-going,
  • in goingest,
  • ingoinger,
  • scathing,
  • more wounding,
  • ingoingest,
  • in going,
  • in goinger.
  •discerning (adjective)
  • more percipient,
  • in-sighted,
  • wisest,
  • most clearsighted,
  • more clearsighted,
  • more gnostic,
  • more insighted,
  • most percipient,
  • most clear sighted,
  • in sighted,
  • clear sighted,
  • most clear-sighted,
  • gnostic,
  • most gnostic,
  • more clear sighted,
  • most knowledgeable,
  • more clear-sighted,
  • most insighted.
  •discriminating (adjective)
  • discerning.
  •earsplitting (adjective)
  • ringing.
  •excruciating (adjective)
  • more rending,
  • in-sufferable,
  • more torturing,
  • un-endurable,
  • most chastening,
  • in sufferable,
  • more chastening,
  • un bearable,
  • torturing,
  • un-bearable,
  • most rending,
  • more tearing,
  • most torturesome,
  • more torturesome,
  • un endurable,
  • most torturing,
  • most tearing.
  •exquisite (adjective)
  • more transcending,
  • most transcending.
  •glacial (adjective)
  • most antarctic,
  • antarctic,
  • more antarctic.
  •gnawing (adjective)
  • most knife-edged,
  • most keen edged,
  • brieriest,
  • brierier,
  • more keen-edged,
  • most needle pointed,
  • knifeedged,
  • more keenedged,
  • more knife edged,
  • more needle-pointed,
  • knife edged,
  • needlepointed,
  • more knife-edged,
  • more honed,
  • most honed,
  • more needlelike,
  • keenedged,
  • most apical,
  • more needlepointed,
  • most needle-pointed,
  • most keen-edged,
  • most acuate,
  • most needlelike,
  • most needlepointed,
  • more needle pointed,
  • keen edged,
  • more acuminous,
  • Gnawing,
  • needle pointed,
  • most horned,
  • most acuminous,
  • more horned,
  • most knifeedged,
  • more knifeedged,
  • more apical,
  • most keenedged,
  • most knife edged,
  • poinest,
  • more acuate,
  • poiner,
  • more keen edged.
  •high (adjective)
  • treble.
  •high-pitched (adjective)
  • high pitched,
  • highpitched.
  •hoarse (adjective)
  • more stertorous,
  • in distinct,
  • breathiest,
  • most growling,
  • more gravelly,
  • more growling,
  • more squawking,
  • un even,
  • more stridulous,
  • croupiest,
  • breathier,
  • most gravelly,
  • stertorous,
  • most squawking,
  • un-even,
  • most stridulous,
  • in-distinct,
  • most stertorous.
  •ice-cold (adjective)
  • sub-zero,
  • subzero,
  • bitterly cold.
  •incisive (adjective)
  • pro-founder,
  • pro found,
  • pro-found,
  • pro founder.
  •intense (adjective)
  • in tenser,
  • in-tense,
  • more all-consuming,
  • all consuming,
  • in-tenser,
  • in tensive,
  • un duer,
  • un-duest,
  • extra-ordinary,
  • more intensified,
  • most all-consuming,
  • in tensest,
  • in-tensive,
  • in-tensest,
  • most allconsuming,
  • un due,
  • in tense,
  • un-due,
  • allconsuming,
  • un duest,
  • un-duer,
  • more all consuming,
  • more allconsuming,
  • most all consuming,
  • most intensified.
  •intense to the senses (adjective)
  • blaring,
  • freezing,
  • Stentorious,
  • keen,
  • knifelike,
  • roaring,
  • agonizing,
  • stabbing,
  • thin,
  • biting,
  • earsplitting,
  • arctic,
  • racking,
  • stentorian,
  • sharp,
  • shattering,
  • bitter,
  • wintry,
  • frosty,
  • deafening,
  • fierce.
  •intent (adjective)
  • most riveted,
  • most resolved,
  • more minding,
  • most minding,
  • hell-bent,
  • pre-occupied,
  • more concentrating,
  • in-tent,
  • more resolved,
  • most concentrating,
  • more riveted,
  • in tent,
  • re-solved,
  • hell bent,
  • wrapped up,
  • pre occupied.
  •knifelike (adjective)
  • splintery,
  • razor-sharp,
  • pronged,
  • spiky,
  • spiny,
  • tined,
  • Unblunted,
  • sharp-edged,
  • spikiest,
  • spikier.
  •loud (adjective)
  • forte,
  • full-mouthed,
  • ear-piercing,
  • wakes the dead,
  • forter,
  • resounding,
  • loud-voiced.
  •noisy (adjective)
  • more chattering,
  • more earpopping,
  • earpopping,
  • most ear-popping,
  • most chattering,
  • more blusterous,
  • most rackety,
  • dis orderly,
  • more loudmouth,
  • tumultoustumultuous,
  • ear popping,
  • most ear popping,
  • most blusterous,
  • more clangorous,
  • most loudmouth,
  • more clattery,
  • dis-orderly,
  • more ear popping,
  • raising roof,
  • tumultous-tumultuous,
  • most clangorous,
  • more strepitous,
  • most earpopping,
  • tumultous tumultuous,
  • most clattery,
  • more rackety,
  • most strepitous,
  • more ear-popping.
  •obstreperous (adjective)
  • out of hand,
  • tumultous.
  •painful (adjective)
  • crushing,
  • trying,
  • Torturing.,
  • offensive,
  • bothersome,
  • Irksome,
  • cruel,
  • hurtful,
  • arduous,
  • withering,
  • unpleasant,
  • disagreeable,
  • tormenting,
  • wrenching,
  • aching,
  • grievous,
  • oppressive,
  • odious,
  • anguishing,
  • horrendous,
  • unbearable,
  • sore,
  • annoying,
  • aggravating,
  • throbbing,
  • miserable,
  • Besetting,
  • uncomfortable,
  • harrowing,
  • burdensome,
  • extremely bad,
  • insufferable,
  • Cramping,
  • grueling,
  • irritating,
  • distressful,
  • woeful,
  • stinging,
  • inflaming,
  • smarting,
  • chafing,
  • troublesome.
  •penetrating (adjective)
  • more carrying,
  • most edged,
  • more entering,
  • most penetrant,
  • most entering,
  • most forcing,
  • going through,
  • most permeating,
  • most puncturing,
  • more infiltrating,
  • most carrying,
  • most infiltrating,
  • more edged,
  • in-filtrating,
  • more permeating,
  • more penetrant,
  • in filtrating,
  • more puncturing,
  • more forcing.
  •poignant (adjective)
  • zestiest,
  • tangy,
  • zestier.
  •pungent (adjective)
  • salter.
  •raucous (adjective)
  • in harmonious,
  • dis sonant,
  • most braying,
  • more absonant,
  • un-harmonious,
  • un musical,
  • unharmonious,
  • most absonant,
  • more atonal,
  • most atonal,
  • un-musical,
  • dis-sonant,
  • un harmonious,
  • more braying,
  • in-harmonious.
  •raw (adjective)
  • more wind swept,
  • most windswept,
  • most wind swept,
  • wind swept,
  • most wind-swept,
  • more wind-swept,
  • more windswept.
  •screaming (adjective)
  • shrieking.
  •shrewd (adjective)
  • in side,
  • shrewdest,
  • on inside,
  • more astucious,
  • under hand,
  • wised up,
  • Sharker,
  • most astucious,
  • more streetwise,
  • most streetwise,
  • under-hand,
  • in know,
  • sharkest,
  • most argute,
  • more argute.
  •shrill (adjective)
  • jangling,
  • grating,
  • scraping,
  • clanging,
  • scratching,
  • creaky,
  • harsh,
  • whining,
  • strident,
  • Caterwauling,
  • screaming,
  • rasping,
  • squeaky,
  • reedy,
  • whistling,
  • squealing,
  • screeching.
  •witty (adjective)
  • campiest,
  • epigrammatic,
  • campier,
  • campy.

• n.

  •
  • brilliant,
  • gleaming,
  • glaring,
  • glittering,
  • bright,
  • glittery,
  • sparkling,
  • dazzling,
  • polished,
  • shiny.
  •
  • big,
  • familiar with something,
  • omniscient,
  • knowledgeable,
  • aware,
  • knowing,
  • shooting,
  • au fait,
  • awake to something,
  • clued up,
  • conversant,
  • informed.
  •
  • affective,
  • deep-seated,
  • depth,
  • deep,
  • acutely,
  • blind,
  • casual,
  • basic.
  •
  • can't hear yourself think.
  •
  • nosering.
  •cacophonic (noun)
  • cacophonic.
  •cacophonous (noun)
  • cacophonous.
  •discriminating (noun)
  • discriminating.
  •incisive (noun)
  • incisive.
  •insertion (noun)
  • injection,
  • lodgement,
  • Interlocation,
  • intrusion,
  • implantation,
  • insinuation,
  • introduction,
  • insertion.
  •lancinate (noun)
  • lancinate.
  •lancinating (noun)
  • lancinating.
  •penetration (noun)
  • in filtration,
  • in filtrations,
  • in-filtrations,
  • forcings,
  • in-filtration,
  • punchings.
  •shrillness (noun)
  • creakiness,
  • whistle,
  • screech,
  • stridency,
  • acuteness,
  • harshness,
  • scream,
  • scratchiness,
  • sharpness,
  • squeal,
  • shrillness,
  • hoarseness,
  • reediness,
  • highness,
  • caterwaul,
  • raucousness.
  •stab (noun)
  • transfixions.

• v.

  •inserting (verb)
  • lodging,
  • Infiltrating,
  • Implanting,
  • Injecting,
  • intruding,
  • Inserting,
  • Introducing,
  • Embedding,
  • Insinuating,
  • Interposing.
  •perforating (verb)
  • pointing,
  • Puncturing,
  • Skewering,
  • sticking,
  • boring,
  • Punching,
  • Gouging,
  • drilling,
  • Spiking,
  • Perforating,
  • poking,
  • Lancing,
  • needling,
  • Spearing.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • rowdy,
  • riotous,
  • percussive,
  • shrilly,
  • tumultuous,
  • tattooist,
  • uproarious,
  • howling,
  • body piercing,
  • tuneless,
  • aloud,
  • piping,
  • shrieky.
  •
  • almighty,
  • tattoo,
  • pulsating,
  • tinny,
  • scratchy,
  • insistent,
  • pierce.
  •
  • explosive.
  •
  • brittle.
  •
  • out.
  •high-pitched
  • high-toned.
  •Other relevant words:
  • distressing,
  • drastic,
  • headway,
  • damp,
  • precipitous,
  • clever,
  • fortissimo,
  • Burning Pain,
  • brisk,
  • bore,
  • edged,
  • achy,
  • Apertion,
  • acidic,
  • unconscionable,
  • corking,
  • Argute,
  • neat,
  • drill hole,
  • grinding,
  • cold as death,
  • hurling,
  • Sinewed,
  • acerbate,
  • clamorous,
  • acrid,
  • atrocious,
  • thundering,
  • astringent,
  • frozen,
  • agonising,
  • sharp pain,
  • extravagant,
  • Impaling,
  • sour,
  • quick,
  • chill,
  • entry,
  • calamitous,
  • cracking,
  • telling,
  • deep-felt,
  • inroad,
  • impalement,
  • chilling,
  • great,
  • brainy,
  • perspicuous,
  • extreme,
  • husky,
  • unmistakable,
  • aguish,
  • entrance,
  • insight,
  • mesmerizing,
  • soprano,
  • Lunging,
  • Clay-cold,
  • prying,
  • entrancing,
  • frost-bound,
  • warm,
  • double-edged,
  • permeating,
  • clarion,
  • perceptive,
  • homefelt,
  • pricking,
  • earthshaking,
  • nippy,
  • Trephining,
  • mournful,
  • squeezing,
  • perforate,
  • Punchy,
  • tart,
  • entering,
  • snowy,
  • understanding,
  • screechy,
  • intemperate,
  • fascinating,
  • unmistakeable,
  • outrageous,
  • sarcastic,
  • forcible,
  • farseeing,
  • mordacious,
  • provident,
  • screaky,
  • canny,
  • fresh,
  • strong,
  • astute,
  • stern,
  • witty,
  • frostbitten,
  • acumen,
  • Longheaded,
  • hard,
  • sensational,
  • acerbic,
  • progress,
  • furious,
  • apt,
  • icelike,
  • galling,
  • piquant,
  • mordant,
  • Spasmatic,
  • bleak,
  • reeking,
  • longsighted,
  • nervous,
  • slushy,
  • made cold,
  • stone-cold,
  • goring,
  • vigorous,
  • nagging,
  • paroxysmal,
  • sardonic,
  • chilly,
  • Empalement,
  • inclement,
  • striking,
  • advancement,
  • discipline,
  • hurting,
  • racy,
  • dandy,
  • scorching,
  • caustic,
  • booming,
  • advance,
  • violent,
  • Broaching,
  • Trepanning,
  • ear-rending,
  • analytic,
  • Slam-bang,
  • consuming,
  • vociferous,
  • spasmodic,
  • nociceptive,
  • boreal,
  • farsighted,
  • nipping,
  • corrosive,
  • sting,
  • sensitive,
  • sudden,
  • afflictive,
  • Pinching,
  • bayonetting,
  • Knifing,
  • corroding,
  • siberian,
  • break through,
  • penetrative,
  • acidulent,
  • cunning,
  • pealing,
  • practice,
  • spellbinding,
  • acrimonious,
  • affecting,
  • quick-witted,
  • wide-awake,
  • alive to,
  • icy,
  • gripping,
  • full,
  • tender,
  • picking,
  • acid,
  • jabbing,
  • production,
  • gutsy,
  • foresighted,
  • venomous,
  • shivering,
  • throbbing pain,
  • acupunctuation,
  • Escharotic,
  • stringent,
  • imperative,
  • cognizant,
  • furtherance,
  • edgy,
  • swell,
  • ear-shattering,
  • splitting,
  • austere,
  • dissonant,
  • improvement,
  • trenchant,
  • groovy,
  • arch,
  • thrilling,
  • virulent,
  • penetrate,
  • pervading,
  • excessive,
  • broach,
  • croaking,
  • squeaking,
  • very good,
  • jab,
  • peachy,
  • Terebration,
  • thunderous,
  • stuffing,
  • fixing,
  • progression,
  • sagacious,
  • wintery,
  • pervasive,
  • discriminate,
  • pointed,
  • wailing,
  • cold as ice,
  • Riddling,
  • torturous,
  • discordant,
  • driving,
  • heartfelt,
  • vitriolic,
  • Forcing,
  • Niveous,
  • slashing,
  • supercooled,
  • searching,
  • acerb,
  • vehement,
  • Asperous,
  • Pertusion,
  • wounding,
  • sharp-worded,
  • Squawking,
  • Griping,
  • ice-encrusted,
  • education,
  • calculative,
  • shooting pain,
  • fucking,
  • Transfixing,
  • gimlet,
  • keening,
  • intelligence,
  • Holing,
  • impressive,
  • stick,
  • perforation,
  • plangent,
  • cool,
  • nifty,
  • Hypnotizing,
  • boisterous,
  • awake,
  • creaking,
  • effective,
  • intelligent,
  • gritty,
  • hibernal,
  • rough,
  • with feeling,
  • forethoughtful,
  • apperceptive,
  • forceful,
  • Clear-headed,
  • starved,
  • grave,
  • snappy,
  • indelible,
  • profound,
  • upsetting,
  • high frequency,
  • immoderate,
  • appercipient,
  • tough,
  • frigid,
  • hurtling,
  • unendurable,
  • exorbitant,
  • cold as marble,
  • hole,
  • drill,
  • lively,
  • cogent,
  • rigorous,
  • puncture,
  • blasting,
  • traumatic,
  • crisp,
  • alive,
  • sonorous,
  • foreseeing,
  • unmusical,
  • acupuncture,
  • vital,
  • arresting,
  • nimble-witted,
  • smashing,
  • cold as charity,
  • exercise,
  • sinewy,
  • absorbing,
  • enthralling,
  • abrupt,
  • Ululant,
  • bully,
  • acidulous,
  • perspicacious.

Paraphrases for Piercing:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    pierce.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    drill, stud.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    penetrating, Puncturing, breaking, Traversing, crossing, Punching, entering, becoming, unlocking, emerging, unraveling.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    perforation.

Antonyms for Piercing:

• adj.

  • intense to the senses
    kind, low, soft, calm, pleasant, weak.
  • Other antonyms:
    dull, dead, silent, hushed, soothing, unperceiving, balmy, muted, mild, restful, toned, dreamy, softened, muffled, gentle.