Penetrating

Definition: Penetrating

Penetrating

Adjective

1. Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations".

2. Tending to penetrate; having the power of entering or piercing; "a toxic penetrative spray applied to the surface"; "a cold penetrating wind"; "a penetrating odor".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "penetrating" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

Synonyms: Penetrating

Feeling

Pervading, penetrating, absorbing; rabid, raving, feverish, fanatical, hysterical; impetuous; (excitable).

Intelligence Wisdom

Adjective: intelligent, quick of apprehension, keen, acute, alive, brainy, awake, bright, quick, sharp; quick witted, keen witted, clear witted, sharp- eyed, sharp sighted, sharp witted; wide-awake; canny, shrewd, astute; clear-headed; farsighted; discerning, perspicacious, penetrating, piercing; argute; quick-witted, nimble-witted, needle-witted; sharp as a needle, sharp as a tack; alive to; (cognizant); clever; (apt); arch; (cunning); pas si bete; acute.

Crosswords: Penetrating

You couldn't resist my powerful penetrating stare, could you (The Tao of Steve; writing credit: Duncan North; Greer Goodman)

The aircraft will begin penetrating Russian radar cover within, uh, 25 minutes (Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb; writing credit: Peter George; Stanley Kubrick)

Penetrating Thoughts (1992)

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Books

• A Gift for Yom Tov: Provocative and Penetrating Insights on the Festivals - Pesach, Shavuos, Succos, Purim and Chanukah (reference)

• A Short Course in International Marketing: Approaching and Penetrating the Global Marketplace (Short Course in International Trade Series) (reference)

• Penetrating Insights (reference)

• Penetrating the Veils (reference)

• Star Warriors: A Penetrating Look into the Lives of the Young Scientists Behind Our Space Age Weaponry (reference)

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Penetrating 25,000 light-years of obscuring dust and myriad stars, the Hubble telescope has ... Credit: NASA.

Turning its penetrating vision toward southern skies, the Hubble telescope has peered down a ... Credit: NASA.

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When you passed near her, her whole toilet exhaled the penetrating fragrance of youth

From back at the camp came the thin penetrating tone of a violin feeling about for a tune

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Health

TBI can result from a closed head injury or a penetrating head injury. (references)

A penetrating head injury occurs when an object pierces the skull and enters the brain tissue. (references)

People usually get this infection by walking barefoot over contaminated soil. In penetrating the skin, the larvae may cause an allergic reaction. (references)

Business

Companies with financial support have advantages for penetrating this market. (references)

Exhibiting at a trade show in France is an ideal tool for penetrating the French market. (references)

Together with their success at penetrating a relatively specialized market, these corporations have the benefit of both size and experience. (references)

Economic History

West Bank

Some West Bank pharmaceutical companies have shifted to cosmetic production, while others are penetrating overseas markets in the Gulf, Eastern Europe, and the former Soviet Union. (references)

Venezuela

Venezuela is a good market for franchising investments as demonstrated by the amount and variety of new brands penetrating the Venezuelan market. (references)

Latvia

Both electronic commerce and Internet use are rapidly penetrating the Latvian market, increasing the need for computer related services and support. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "penetrating": ammunition with penetrating projectiles ♦ fully penetrating artesian well ♦ fully penetrating well ♦ partially penetrating artesian well ♦ penetrating capacity ♦ penetrating component of cosmic rays ♦ penetrating eye ♦ penetrating force ♦ penetrating gamma radiation ♦ penetrating oil ♦ penetrating power ♦ penetrating power of radiation ♦ penetrating radiation. Additional references.

Ending with "penetrating": all-penetrating, deep-penetrating, highly-penetrating, inter-penetrating, partially-penetrating.

Albanian

zhbirues (penetrative, searching, snoop, snooper), therës (acid, acidly, acrimonious, acute, biting, butcher, caustic, cutting, dry, epigrammatic, executioner, exquisite, incisive, keen, nippy, peppery, piercing, poignant, sharp, sharp cut, stinging, trenchant), shpues (boring, perforator, punch, puncher), që hyn në thellësi, mendjemprehtë (acute, cute, nimble, perspicacious, quick-witted, sharp-witted, shrewd, witty), i thekshëm (acute, sharp, tart), i mprehtë (acute, astute, bright, clairvoyant, Clarion, discerning, edgy, exquisite, fine, high, high pitched, incisive, ingenious, keen, keen-witted, knowing, nimble, penetrative, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, piercing, piping, pointed, pungent, quick, ridged, ridgy, sagacious, salt, sharp, sharp cut, shrill, subtile, subtle, tart, trenchant), depërtues (clairvoyant, keen, penetrative, pervasive, piercing, searching). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مخترق (penetrative, searching), ‏نفاذ (force, permeation), ‏نافذ (penetrative, perspicacious, piercing, searching), ‏حاد (abrupt, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, avid, be sharp, biting, brisk, clear, cutting, exquisite, heavy, incisive, intense, intensified, intensive, keen, loud, nasal, petulant, piercing, piquant, pithy, poignant, pointed, prompt, pronounced, pungent, quick, ripe, rough, salty, severe, sharp, shrill, squeaky, strident, strong, trenchant), ‏ذكي (acute, agile, astute, brainy, bright, brilliant, clever, cute, dashing, fox, ingenious, intelligent, knowledgeable, luminous, natty, quick, sagacious, sharp, sharp-witted, smart, wise, witty), ‏ثاقب (acute, boring, hand drill, keen, perforator, piercing, sagacious, sharp), ‏داخل (amidst, in, ingoing, inner, penetrative), ‏بعيد النظر (far sighted, far-seeing, long sighted, provident, telescopic). (various references)

Bulgarian 

остър (acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, angular, argute, arrowy, biting, bitter, crusty, cutting, edgy, excruciating, fine, fulminating, gabled, grating, gravelly, grinding, high pitched, keen, lancinating, metallic, nice, nipping, nippy, penetrative, peppery, perspicacious, piercing, piquant, poignant, pointed, pungent, ragged, searching, sharp, shrill, slashing, stiff, strident, strong, tangy, trenchant), наблюдателен (observant, observation, observational, unwinking, watchful), просмукващ, проницателен (acute, argus-eyed, astute, clairvoyant, clear-sighted, discerning, discriminating, discriminative, long-headed, penetrative, perspicacious, piercing, profound, sagacious, sharp-sighted, shrewd, wise), проникващ (hard, penetrative, pervasive), пронизителен (acute, argute, keen, piercing, piping, screamy, shrill), прозорлив (farseeing, penetrative, perspicacious, profound, sagacious), дълбок (abysmal, abyssal, deep, dreamless, heavy, hollow, intense, intimate, penetrative, profound, rooted, visceral). (various references)

Chinese 

透 (thorough, to pass through, to penetrate, to pierce), 扎 (struggle, to bind, to prick, to run or stickinto, to tie), 徹 (pass through, penetrate, pervade, thorough), 入木三分 (profound, written in a forceful hand), 击穿 (Penetrate, Penetrated), 尖銳 (intense, pointed, sharp). (various references)

Czech

pronikavý (biting, grating, high pitched, incisive, keen, penetrable, pervasive, piercing, pungent, screechy, shrill, strident, sweeping), bystrý (acute, alert, astute, bright, discerning, exquisite, keen, keen-witted, nimble, perspicacious, quick, quick-witted, sagacious, sharp-witted, shrewd, smart, subtle). (various references)

Danish

penetrerende keratoplastik (partial penetrating keratoplasty), penetrationsenzym (penetrating enzyme), partiel (partial penetrating keratoplasty), panserbrydende ammunition (ammunition with penetrating projectiles), panserbrydend projektil (penetrating projectile), haard komponent af kosmisk straaling (hard component of cosmic rays, penetrating component of cosmic rays), artesisk boring gennem hele det artesiske lag (fully penetrating artesian well), broend der gaar helt igennem et vandfoerende lag (fully penetrating well, perfect well), chlorider forhindrer inhibering paa grund af deres gennemtraengningsevne (chlorides prevent inhibition owing to their penetrating characteristics), enkelte plader af ferrit,der udgaar fra korngraenseferriten og vokser ind i perlitten (occasional ferrite laths penetrating from the grain boundary ferrite into the pearlite), gennemhullet slagge (slag with small holes penetrating to the weld metal), gennemtraengende byge (penetrating shower), gennemtraengende gammastraaling (penetrating gamma radiation), artesisk boring gennem en del af et artesisk lag (partially penetrating artesian well), gennemtraengningsevne af gammastraaler (penetrating power of gamma-rays), straalingshaardhed (penetrating capacity, penetrating power of radiation, radiation hardness), straalings gennemtraengningsevne (penetrating capacity, penetrating power of radiation, radiation hardness), gennemtraengende olie (penetrating oil). (various references)

Dutch

partiele penetrerende keratoplastiek (partial penetrating keratoplasty), pantserkogel (penetrating projectile), harde gammastraling (penetrating gamma radiation), bij het penetreren van een onder hoge druk staande produktiezone of het naderen van een vermoedelijk onder hoge druk staande zone,verdient het aanbeveling keerkleppen of pompuitschakelende veiligheidskleppen in de boorpijpen te gebruiken (or approaching a potential high pressure zone, the use of drill pipe non-rturn valves or pump-down type drill pipe safety valves is advocated, while penetrating a known high pressure production zone), chloriden voorkomen door hun penetratievermogen de corrosieremmende werking (chlorides prevent inhibition owing to their penetrating characteristics), doordringende bui (penetrating shower), doordringingsvermogen (penetrability, penetrating capacity, penetrating power of radiation, penetration capability, radiation hardness), doordringingsvermogen van gammastralen (penetrating power of gamma-rays), enkele ferrietbanen die vanuit het korrelgrensferriet in het perliet penetreren (occasional ferrite laths penetrating from the grain boundary ferrite into the pearlite), afscheiding doorborende pijp (pipe penetrating a division), harde component van de kosmische stralen (hard component of cosmic rays, penetrating component of cosmic rays), volkomen put (fully penetrating well, perfect well), kruipolie (penetrating oil), munitie waarmee een pantserplaat kan worden doorboord (ammunition with penetrating projectiles), onvolkomen artesische bron (partially penetrating artesian well), stralingshardheid (penetrating capacity, penetrating power of radiation, radiation hardness), volkomen artesische bron (fully penetrating artesian well), grofgeperforeerde slak (slag with small holes penetrating to the weld metal). (various references)

Finnish

läpitunkeva (piercing). (various references)

French

perspicace (perceptive, percipient, perspicacious), pénétrant (penetrative, perspicacious, pervasive), mordant (peppery), intelligent, clairvoyant. (various references)

German

durchdringend (biting, penetratingly, penetrative, penetratively, permeating, pervading, pervasive, pervasively, piercing, piercingly, pungent, searching, searchingly, sharp, shrewd, strident, tangy, thrilling, through, thru). (various references)

Greek 

οξύσ (acid, acute, crucial, cuspidal, cuspidate, cuspidated, keen, pang, piercing, piked, piping, pointed, pungent, screechy, sharp, shrill, smart, trenchant, twang), διεισδυτικός (trenchant), διαπεραστικόσ (penetrable, penetrative, permeative, pervasive, piercing, shrill). (various references)

Hebrew 

חו�"ר (piercing), �"תעמקות (profundity), בוקע (piercing), � וקב (incisive, perforating, piercing, poignant, scathing, trenchant). (various references)

Hungarian

éles fájdalom (mordant pain, shrewd pain, smart), éles (abrasive, acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, clangorous, crispy, cutting, edgy, harsh, have a keen edge, high pitched, incisive, keen, live, lurid, nipping, nippy, perspicacious, plucky, poignant, pointed, pungent, quick, reedy, rough, sarky, sharp, sharp-edged, shrewd, shrill, slashing, snap, squall, strident, to highlight, trenchant), átható (acute, intent, obtrusive, penetrative, pervasive, piercing, poignant, shrill, trans). (various references)

Italian

penetrante (discerning, drenching, fine, incisive, keen, pervasive, piercing, piping, pointed, searching, sharp), lancinante (lancinating, piercing, pricking), acuto (abrasive, acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, cute, discerning, discriminating, high, high note, high pitched, incisive, intense, keen, lancinating, lurid, nasty, neat, piercing, piping, poignant, pointed, severe, sharp, shrewd, shrill). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

透徹した (clear, lucid). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

とうてつした (clear, lucid). (various references)

Korean 

관통 (Piercing). (various references)

Manx

towallagh, geyre (abrupt, acrid, acute, austere, bitter, bold, bold promintary, censorious, cutting, discerning, edged, hard, high-pitched, incisive, knifelike, piercing, poignant, pointed, pungent, quick of sight, sharp, sour, stiff, strict, stringent, twinging), dowin (deeply, deep-rooted, involved, low, low-pitched, profound, rapt, rich, secretive, thorough, uncommunicative). (various references)

Pig Latin

enetratingpay.(various references)

Portuguese

pungente (bitter, harrowing, piquant, pungent, salt, smart, stinging), perspicaz (acute, apprehensive, argute, astucious, astute, canny, clear, clearheaded, clear-sighted, cute, discerning, far-seeing, far-sighted, keen, longheaded, long-sighted, penetrative, perspicacious, quick-eyed, sagacious, sharp, shrewd), penetrativo (penetrative), penetrante (acerbic, biting, bitter, clear-sighted, discriminating, incisive, in-depth, keen, penetrative, perspicacious, pervasive, piercing, pointed, screaming, screamy, searching, sharp, sharply, shooting, shrill, smart, subtil, subtile, subtle), sutil (dainty, delicate, fine, keen, pervasive, refined, subtil, subtile, subtle), forte (accomplished, acute, bold, bouncing, brawny, cogent, decuman, firm, forceful, forcible, fort, forte, fortress, full-blooded, hale, hard, heavy, hefty, high, high-hearted, intense, intensive, keen, loud, lusty, manly, masculine, masterful, mighty, nappy, pithy, potent, presidio, racy, red-blooded, robust, salt, sanguineous, seaworthy, sharp, sinewy, snorting, solid, stalwart, stark, stout, strapping, strong, sturdy, substantial, swingeing, telling, tough, two-fisted, unfailing, vehement, venturous, vigorous, wakeless, wholesome), agudo (acerbic, acute, argute, brazen, clear-sighted, incisive, keen, out-and-out, penetrative, piercing, poignant, pungent, sharp, shrill, smart, treble, trenchant). (various references)

Romanian

penetrant, pãtrunzãtor (acute, astute, clear, clear-sighted, comprehensive, deep, deeply, discerning, harsh, high pitched, in-going, keen, loud, Parky, perspicacious, piercing, quick, rich, sagacious, screaming, searching, sharp, shrewd, shrill, strident, subtle, thrilling, touching), fin (beautiful, choice, delicate, delicately, discriminating, excellent, fine, fine-drawn, finely, fine-spun, godchild, godson, gossamer, graceful, keen, nice, quick, refined, select, sharp, shrewd, slender, soft, spidery, subtile, subtly, tenuous), adânc (bottom, deep, deeply, depth, great, heavy, low, profound, secret, sound, thick, wise). (various references)

Russian 

пронзительный (acute, argute, keen, penetrative, piercing, piping, pipy, reedy, sharp, shrill, shrilly), проницательный (acute, as sharp as a needle, astute, clear-sighted, discerning, eagle-eyed, keen, long-headed, perspicacious, piercing, politic, prescient, sagacious, shrewd), проникающий (engrained, ingrain, penetrative, pervasive), проникать пронизывающий, пенетрирующий. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

probojan (penetrable, penetrative, searching). (various references)

Spanish

penetrante (acute, bitter, clear, deep, injudicious, invader, obtrusive, penetrative, pervasive, piercing, probing, searching, sharp, shrewd). (various references)

Swedish

skarpsinnig (acuate, acute, astute, discerning, discriminating, discriminative, discriminatory, infenious, keen, long-headed, penetrative, perspicacious, sagacious, sharp-witted), skarp (abrasive, acerbic, acid, acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, acuate, acute, bitter, caustic, cutting, discriminative, discriminatory, edgy, emphatic, fulminant, glaring, hot, in focus, incisive, keen, lurid, perceptive, pungent, quick, salty, scathing, severe, sharp, slashing, smart), inträngande (infiltration, insinuation, intrusion, irruption, permeation, searching), genomträngande (keen, overpowering, penetration, penetrative, permeation, pervasion, pervasive, piercing, sharp, shrill). (various references)

Turkish

zeki (apt, as fresh as paint, astute, brainy, bright, brilliant, clear, clever, cute, discerning, ingenious, intellectual, intelligent, keen, keen-witted, longheaded, luminous, neat, nifty, nimble-witted, penetrative, perceptional, perspicacious, quick of comprehension, quick on the trigger, quick-witted, sapient, sharp, sharp-witted, shrewd, smart, sparkling, spiritual, subtile, subtle, understanding), yüksek (above, acro-, buoyant, Clarion, elevated, exalted, high, highrise, hyper-, lofty, loud, over, penetrative, spheric, stately, superior, tall), keskin (acrid, acute, biting, bitter, blazing, chiseled, chiselled, cutting, dead, deep, edged, exquisite, incisive, keen, keen-edged, mordacious, nipping, nippy, penetrative, piercing, piquant, poignant, pointed, pungent, quick, searching, severe, sharp, sharp cut, sharp-edged, sharp-set, smart, sour, spiky, splitting, stinging, strong, tart, trenchant), içine işleyen (cutting, effecting painfully, mordant, penetrative, piercing, profound), içe işleyen (cutting, mordant, penetrative, profound), etkili (commanding, effective, effectual, efficacious, efficient, forceful, forcible, hefty, influential, moving, operative, penetrative, poignant, potent, powerful, sovereign, swinging, telling, trenchant), delici (penetrative, perforator, piercing, poignant). (various references)

Turkmen 

яiti (poignant, sharp), зirkin (piercing, shrill). (various references)

Ukrainian

сильний (acute, athletic, bad, bitter, bull, cordial, deep, driving, nervous, nervy, potent, powerful, punchy, quick, sharp, smart, spanking, strong, swingeing, vehement, vigorous), проникаючий (penetrative, pervasive), пронизливий (acute, argute, brazen, cutting, keen, piercing, piping, screaming, searching, shrill, stabbing, thrilling). (various references)

Vietnamese 

thấu suốt (penetrative). (various references)

Welsh

treiddiol, treiddgar (keen). (various references)

perspicax. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "penetrating": penetratingly. (additional references)

Words ending with "penetrating": interpenetrating. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Penetrating" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: denaturating. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: entreating, patterning.

-2 letters: argentine, argentite, entertain, integrate, nattering, parenting, patenting, patienter, pattering, penetrant, pertinent, rattening, repeating, repentant, repenting, tangerine, tentering.

-3 letters: aigrette, antigene, aperient, entering, gnattier, gratinee, interage, intranet, penitent, perigean, petering, preening, pregnant, renitent, retaping, tapering, treating, triptane.

-4 letters: aginner, anteing, antigen, arenite, ariette, earning, engrain, entrain, entrant, entreat, epigean, gentian, gittern, granite.

+1 letter: repatterning.

+2 letters: penetratingly, stepparenting.

+3 letters: interpellating, predestinating, stepparentings.

+4 letters: interpermeating, parthenogenetic.

+5 letters: antiprofiteering, enteropathogenic, hyperventilating, interpenetrating.