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adjective | noun piercingpiercing1 /ˈpɪrsɪŋ/ adjective THESAURUSsound► high near the top of the range of sounds that humans can hear: I can’t sing the high notes. ► high-pitched higher than most sounds or voices: Laura still has the high-pitched voice of a little girl. ► piercing very high and loud in a way that shocks you or hurts your ears: He could never forget the woman’s piercing scream. ► sharp high, sudden, and loud: She gave a sharp cry of pain. ► shrill high and unpleasant: The speaker’s shrill voice was giving me a headache. ► squeaky making very high noises that are not loud: He tried to tiptoe across the squeaky floorboards. making a lot of noise► loudmaking a lot of noise: Suddenly there was a loud explosion. The TV’s too loud – can you turn it down? ► noisy making a lot of noise, or full of noise: The classroom was full of noisy kids. The two women walked into the noisy restaurant. ► deafening so loud that you cannot hear anything else: The noise from the plane’s engines was deafening. ► ear-splitting so loud that your ears feel uncomfortable: The car stopped with an ear-splitting screech. ► thunderous formal extremely loud and sounding a little like thunder: His remarks received thunderous applause from the audience. ► raucous unpleasantly loud. Used about the excited sound of groups of people or animals: The audience burst into raucous laughter. ► resounding a resounding noise is loud and clear and continues for a few seconds: He shut the door with a resounding slam. ► piercing extremely loud or high in a way that is unpleasant to hear: All of a sudden we heard a piercing scream coming from outside. ► rowdy behaving in a noisy, uncontrolled, and often slightly violent way: At the football game, some of the fans were becoming rowdy. 1a piercing sound is high, loud, and usually not nice to listen to: a piercing scream► see thesaurus at high1, loud12piercing wind or cold is very cold and seems to cut into you3literary piercing eyes or looks make it seem like someone understands or notices more about you than other people do4affecting your emotions very much, especially in a sad way: a piercing moment of regret5piercing questions, remarks, etc. show that someone understands a situation very well and cannot be tricked: Letterman’s piercing humor6literary a piercing light is very strong and bright7piercing pain hurts very much—piercingly adverb adjective | noun piercingpiercing2 noun [countable, uncountable] a body piercing |