Definitions For Piercing

adjective

  • Painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
  • Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

verb

  • The act or practice of decorating your body with jewelry or other objects that are attached directly to your skin
  • A hole through part of the body where a piece of jewelry can be attached

Is Piercing a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
13
Words with Friends
17

The word Piercing is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Piercing in a Sentence

  • She looked at me with piercing eyes, and I was suddenly frightened that she knew what I had done.
  • I tried to avoid his piercing stare.
  • She felt a piercing sadness when she heard the news.
  • There's a small shop in town where they do tattooing and body piercing.
  • She got another ear piercing.

Synonyms for Piercing

Antonyms for Piercing

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