The Collaborative International Dictionary
Piercingness
Piercing \Pier"cing\, a.
Forcibly entering, or adapted to enter, at or by a point;
perforating; penetrating; keen; -- used also figuratively;
as, a piercing instrument, or thrust. ``Piercing eloquence.''
--Shak.
[1913 Webster] -- Pier"cing*ly, adv. -- Pier"cing*ness,
n.
Wiktionary
piercingness
n. The quality of being piercing.
Usage examples of "piercingness".
It was like the whistling of a piccolo many times magnified -- shrill and shriller till it keened with the terror of a lost soul and filled the room with the piercingness of itself.