Read the dictionary definition of piercing. All definitions for this word.
1. painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
1. a cutting wind
2. keen winds
3. knifelike cold
4. piercing knifelike pains
5. piercing cold
6. piercing criticism
7. a stabbing pain
8. lancinating pain
2. having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
1. an acute observer of politics and politicians
2. incisive comments
3. icy knifelike reasoning
4. as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang
5. penetrating insight
6. frequent penetrative observations
