piercing [peer-sing] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
pierce [peers]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cut, penetrate
Synonyms: bore, break, break in, break through, cleave, crack, crack open, drill, enter, gash, incise, intrude, pass through, perforate, plow, prick, probe, puncture, run through, slash, slice, slit, spike, stab, stick into, transfix
Antonyms: sew up
Main Entry: acute
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: deeply perceptive
Synonyms: astute, canny, clever, discerning, discriminating, incisive, ingenious, insightful, intense, intuitive, judicious, keen, observant, penetrating, perspicacious, piercing, quick-witted, sensitive, sharp, smart, subtle
Notes: acute is used for a sudden onset and short duration; chronic is for conditions that are slow to develop and of long duration
acute is an angle of less than 90 degrees; obtuse is one of more than 90 degrees
chronic is contrasted with acute as chronic pain persists over a longer period of time than acute pain and is resistant to most medical treatments
Antonyms: dense, imperceptive, insensitive, obtuse, slow, stupid
Main Entry: acute
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: severe, intense
Synonyms: cutting, distressing, excruciating, exquisite, fierce, keen, overpowering, overwhelming, piercing, poignant, powerful, racking, severe, sharp, shooting, stabbing, sudden, violent
Example Sentences
  • IT is easy to pinpoint the moment when body piercing went mainstream.
  • But the new one differs from older tunnels by piercing the base of the mountain, rather than its upper reaches.
  • But the situation can be quite different when it comes to this craze: body piercing.
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Main Entry: bite
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: grip or tear with teeth
Synonyms: champ, chaw, chaw on, chew, chomp, clamp, crunch, crush, cut, eat, gnaw, hold, lacerate, masticate, munch, nibble, nip, pierce, pinch, rend, ruminate, seize, sever, snap, take a chunk out of, taste, tooth, wound
Main Entry: blatant
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: deafening
Synonyms: boisterous, clamorous, crying, ear-splitting, harsh, loud, loudmouthed, noisy, obstreperous, obtrusive, piercing, screaming, scurrilous, strident, vociferant, vociferous, vulgar
Antonyms: quiet, silent
Main Entry: bore
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: drill hole
Synonyms: burrow, gouge out, mine, penetrate, perforate, pierce, pit, prick, punch, puncture, ream, riddle, sink, tunnel
Main Entry: brassy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: vulgar, loud to the senses
Synonyms: arrant, barefaced, blaring, blatant, bold, brash, brazen, flashy, flirtatious, forward, garish, gaudy, grating, hard, harsh, impudent, insolent, jarring, jazzy, loudmouthed, noisy, obtrusive, overbold, pert, piercing, rude, saucy, shameless, showy, shrill, strident, unabashed, unblushing
Antonyms: careful, cautious, circumspect, humble, prudent
Main Entry: burning
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: stinging, painful
Synonyms: acrid, biting, caustic, irritating, painful, piercing, prickling, pungent, reeking, sharp, smarting, tingling
Main Entry: burst
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: blow up, break out
Synonyms: barge, blow, break, crack, detonate, discharge, disintegrate, erupt, explode, fly open, fracture, fragment, gush forth, perforate, pierce, pop, prick, puncture, rend asunder, run, rupture, rush, shatter, shiver, splinter, split, spout, tear apart
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