Piercing

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( a.) Forcibly entering, or adapted to enter, at or by a point; perforating; penetrating; keen; - used also figuratively; as, a piercing instrument, or thrust.

(2): ( p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pierce

King James Dictionary

Piercing, ppr. pers'ing. Penetrating entering, as a pointed instrument making a way by force into another body.

1. Affecting deeply as eloquence piercing the heart. 2. a. Affecting cutting keen.