PIERCING

[adjective]Troops have been issued with new armour-piercing anti-tank grenades.Piercing usually describes something that is unpleasant or uncomfortable because it goes deeply into something.We shivered in the piercing wind.She hadn't really meant to lie, but their piercing questions had forced her to.A piercing sound is high, loud and unpleasant.The couple at the next table had piercing voices and we couldn't help overhearing.A woman was having a baby upstairs and they could hear her groans and occasional piercing shrieks.A piercing look/gaze is one in which a person looks carefully at someone or something, esp. when they are trying to discover something, and makes people feel uncomfortable.Mr Evans was a workaholic with a piercing gaze and a passion for punctuality.(figurative) He looked straight at me with his piercing blue eyes.