oci: penetrant

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Meaning
means	(adjective) painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; "a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "lancinating pain" piercing, stabbing, lancinate, keen, lancinating, knifelike, cutting
means	(adjective) 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" knifelike, sharp, keen, discriminating, penetrative, incisive, penetrating, piercing, acute
means	(adjective) having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones ; "a shrill whistle"; "a shrill gaiety" shrill, sharp
means	(adjective) so strong as to be irresistible; "an overpowering need for solitude"; "the temptation to despair may become overwhelming"; "an overwhelming majority" overwhelming, overpowering