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View synonyms for ear-piercing

ear-piercing

[ eer-peer-sing ]

adjective

  1. extremely harsh and irritating to the ear:

    ear-piercing noise.



ear piercing

noun

  1. the making of a hole in the lobe of an ear, using a sterilized needle, so that an earring may be worn fastened in the hole
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. so loud or shrill as to hurt the ears
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ear-piercing1

First recorded in 1595–1605
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Example Sentences

It could also be called a song cycle that employs ear-piercing rock and, for respite, a welcoming string quartet.

And he’s not referring to the ear-piercing, 130-decibel sound coming from his Red Bull Racing 20 car.

Anyone trying to re-create the 1980s mall experience would need the scents of Cinnabon and multiplex popcorn, the sound of someone at the keyboard in the organ store, food courts, frozen yogurt, free ear-piercing with purchase, mall Santas, ball pits and sing-alongs, Footlocker stores, fountains, Hammacher Schlemmer storefronts, a Bloomie’s or Penney’s or Macy’s, and vast acres of parking — enough, like the Puente Hills mall, for you and your DeLorean to experiment with time travel.

Seldom have 58,000 people, uniformly this vocally delighted and expressive, produced such an ear-piercing sound.

Trump, however, is clearly afraid, as the increasingly ear-piercing decibel levels of his whining demonstrate.

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