- piercing
- adj1.(usu. of sound) loud, blaring, shrill, high-pitched, high; earsplitting, ear-shattering, eardrum-puncturing, air-rending; strident, grating, harsh, cacophonous; screeching, squealing, squeaking, shrieking.2.(usu. of eyes) penetrating, probing, searching, analyzing; mesmerizing, mesmeric, hypnotizing, hypnotic, basilisk; spellbinding, arresting, gripping, engaging, holding; enthralling, entrancing, fascinating.3.(usu. of weather) cold, freezing, arctic, frigid, wintry, numbing, raw; bitter, biting, keen, nipping, nippy.4. perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, discerning; quick-witted, quick, alert, ready; aware, informed, shrewd, astute; subtle, keen, sharp-witted, sharp, smart, Sl. brainy. placable, intransigent, intractable, uncompromising, unbending, unwavering, unyielding; unmalleable, unpersuadable, uninfluenceable, unswayable, unpliable; persistent, persevering, pertinacious, tenacious, dogged, bulldogged, relentless, unrelenting, single-minded.3. narrow-minded, narrow, prejudiced, biased, bigoted; closed-minded, closed, intolerant, illiberal, unreasonable; little-minded, small-minded, mean-minded; insular, parochial, provincial, Sociol. ethnocentric, confined.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.