Piercing
Crossword Clue and Answers
Looking for answers to the "Piercing" crossword clue? it's your lucky day, we have them! Today we have 17 crossword solutions for Piercing.
We most recently saw this clue in The Guardian Quick.
We deem Piercing to be a COMMON crossword clue as we've seen it included in several crossword publications.
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Publications
- The Guardian Quick - Wednesday, 29 Sep 2021
- Irish Independent - Simple - Tuesday, 1 Sep 2020
- Irish Independent - Simple - Thursday, 6 Feb 2020
- The Guardian Quick - Tuesday, 28 Aug 2018
Crossword Answers
4 letters
KEEN
A funeral lament sung with loud wailing
LOUD
Characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity; "a group of loud children"; "loud thunder"; "her voice was too loud"; "loud trombones"
5 letters
SHARP
Quick and forceful; "a sharp blow"
ACUTE
A mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
6 letters
SHRILL
Utter a shrill cry
7 letters
CUTTING
The act of diluting something; "the cutting of whiskey with water"; "the thinning of paint with turpentine"
POINTED
Direct and obvious in meaning or reference; often unpleasant; "a pointed critique"; "a pointed allusion to what was going on"; "another pointed look in their direction"
8 letters
INCISIVE
Suitable for cutting or piercing; "incisive teeth"
STABBING
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"
IMPALING
9 letters
KNIFELIKE
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"
LANCINATE
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"
11 letters
LANCINATING
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"
PENETRATIVE
Tending to penetrate; having the power of entering or piercing; "a toxic penetrative spray applied to the surface"; "a cold penetrating wind"; "a penetrating odor"
PENETRATING
Tending to penetrate; having the power of entering or piercing; "a toxic penetrative spray applied to the surface"; "a cold penetrating wind"; "a penetrating odor"
PERFORATION
The act of punching a hole (especially a row of holes as for ease of separation)
14 letters
DISCRIMINATING
Showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste; "the discriminating eye of the connoisseur"