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PRONUNCIATION OF PIERCINGNESS

piercingness  [ˈpɪəsɪŋnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PIERCINGNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Piercingness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PIERCINGNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of piercingness in the English dictionary

The definition of piercingness in the dictionary is the quality or condition of being piercing.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PIERCINGNESS


beingness
ˈbiːɪŋnəs
belongingness
bɪˈlɒŋɪŋnəs
boringness
ˈbɔːrɪŋnəs
convincingness
kənˈvɪnsɪŋnəs
cunningness
ˈkʌnɪŋnəs
embracingness
ɪmˈbreɪsɪŋnəs
enticingness
ɪnˈtaɪsɪŋnəs
fittingness
ˈfɪtɪŋnəs
flowingness
ˈfləʊɪŋnəs
interestingness
ˈɪntrəstɪŋnəs
knowingness
ˈnəʊɪŋnəs
overweeningness
ˌəʊvəˈwiːnɪŋnəs
prepossessingness
ˌpriːpəˈzɛsɪŋnəs
pressingness
ˈprɛsɪŋnəs
strikingness
ˈstraɪkɪŋnəs
surpassingness
sɜːˈpɑːsɪŋnəs
teemingness
ˈtiːmɪŋnəs
trustingness
ˈtrʌstɪŋnəs
unceasingness
ʌnˈsiːsɪŋnəs
vexingness
ˈveksɪŋnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PIERCINGNESS

pier
pier glass
pier table
pierage
pierce
pierceable
piercer
piercing
piercingly
pierhead
Pieria
Pierian
Pierian Spring
pierid
Pierides
pieridine
pieris
Piero della Francesca
Piero di Cosimo
pierogi

WORDS THAT END LIKE PIERCINGNESS

bigness
business
lastingness
lovingness
nothingness
overbearingness
savingness
shiningness
smugness
snugness
strongness
swimmingness
thrivingness
trigness
unchangingness
unerringness
unfeelingness
unwillingness
unyieldingness
willingness
wrongness

Synonyms and antonyms of piercingness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «piercingness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PIERCINGNESS

Find out the translation of piercingness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of piercingness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «piercingness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

piercingness
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

piercingness
570 millions of speakers

English

piercingness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

piercingness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

piercingness
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

piercingness
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

piercingness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

piercingness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

piercingness
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penembusan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

piercingness
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

piercingness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

piercingness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Piercingness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

piercingness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

piercingness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

छेदन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

piercingness
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

piercingness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

piercingness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

piercingness
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

piercingness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

piercingness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

piercingness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

piercingness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

piercingness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of piercingness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PIERCINGNESS»

The term «piercingness» is used very little and occupies the 168.763 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PIERCINGNESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about piercingness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PIERCINGNESS»

Discover the use of piercingness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to piercingness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Popular and Complete English Dictionary: Exhibiting the ...
Fa>te, fir, fill, fit— mi, mSt— pine, pin— ni, move,. PIERCINGNESS. 077. PII.FERY . Piercirgxers, peer'slng-ne^ or p^r'siii^-n^a, n. The power of piercing' or penetrating; sharpness; keenness. PiiT.pl'IO r, . Piot, pl'It, f [from p*,] ** A maW1*' Putism, ...
John Boag, 1848
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The Nature of the Mind: An Introduction
(The piercingness of a piercing pain is not literally the same as the piercingness of a knife piercing the flesh, though described by analogy with it.) Conscious states, on the other hand, do not possess electrical or chemical properties. It seems ...
Peter Carruthers, 2004
3
Introducing Persons: Theories and Arguments in the ...
No physicalstate is 'bright' or 'warm'or 'piercing' in the senses in which aconscious state canbe these things. (The piercingness of apiercing painisnot literally thesame as the piercingness ofa knifepiercing theflesh, though describedbyanalogy ...
Peter Carruthers, 2013
4
Grammar and dictionary of the Yoruba language: with an ...
eS<3, idiandia. piece, v. bule, ran . . . m6. pierce, v. bb, gan, gun, kaq . . . lara. pierced, a. gigan. piercingly, adv. ^in. piercingness, re. ikanilara. pi'geon, n. eiyele, erukuku : white pigeon, adaba iui,i ; wild pigeon, ataba orenkere. pil'fer, v. diale, ...
Thomas J. Bowen, 1858
5
Last Homes of Departed Genius: With Biographical Sketches of ...
His eye was a kind of light goose gray, not big, but it had a strange piercingness." In better taste is it written : " On Cooper's Hill eternal wreaths shall grow, While lasts the mountain, or while Thames shall flow ! Here his first lay majestic Denham ...
T. P. Grinsted, 1867
6
Physico-theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and ...
and Compass o'f its Understanding, the prodigious (Dickness and Piercingness os its Thought , the admirable Subtilty of its Invention, the commanding Power of its Wisdom, the great Depth of its Memoryd, and, in a word, its Divine Nature and  ...
William Derham, 1737
7
The Outlines of a New Commentary on Solomon's Song
When mere largeness and blackness were intended, it should seem they called them the Eyes of an Antelope ; when piercingness of Sight was meant, they talked of the Eyes of Eagles and Vultures ; the Eyes of solemn Majejly were compared ...
Thomas Harmer, Author of Observations on divers passages of Scripture, 1768
8
Memoirs of a Midget
Onthe other hand, though, of course, the sheer novelty of me had had something to do with it, she had certainly singled meout afterwardsto knowwhat I thought, andin thoughts there is noparticular size,only effusiveness—no, piercingness.
Walter de la Mare, 2012
9
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)
Thirdly, An eagle excels man in quickness and piercingness of sight, and in soaring high; and therefore the angels, who seek things above, and see far into divine mysteries, put on the face of a flying eagle. [3.] By their wings: Every one had ...
Matthew Henry
10
Oxford, a poem. (Poetical works of R. Montgomery).
Hie, dum sublimes versus ructatur, et errat, Si velut i merulis intentus decidit auceps In puteum foveamque ; His eie was a kind of light goose-gray, not big, but it had a kind of strange piercingness, not as to shining and glory, but (like a Momus) ...
Robert Montgomery, 1831

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PIERCINGNESS»

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Seth Rudetsky
SR: Betty has got that piercingness that is amazing. MJR: Patti LuPone? SR: Patti has such power but also a warmth. Each one has a particular quality but more ... «ChicagoPride.com, Oct 11»

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