penetratingadj.

Brit.

/ˈpɛnᵻtreɪtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpɛnəˌtreɪdɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: penetrate v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < penetrate v. + -ing suffix². Compare earlier penetrative adj., penetrable adj.

a. That pierces, permeates, or makes its way into or through something; spec. able to permeate the bodily system or to have an intense effect on the senses, esp. smell, taste, or hearing; pungent, sharp; shrill, harsh, strident.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sourness or acidity > [adjective] > pungent

sharpc1000

hotc1175

poignantc1387

keen1398

angryc1400

eager?c1400

tartc1405

argutec1420

mordicative?a1425

mordificative?a1425

piperinea1425

pungitive?a1425

pikea1475

vehement1490

oversharpa1500

over-stronga1500

penetrating?1576

penetrative1578

quick1578

piercing1593

exalted1594

mordicant1603

acute1620

toothed1628

pungent1644

piquant1645

tartarous1655

mordacious1657

piperate1683

peppery1684

tartish1712

hyperoxide1816

snell1835

mordanta1845

shrill1864

piperitious1890

the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [adjective] > of a smell: bad

sourc1340

sourish1398

unclean?1440

rankish1495

rank1570

penetrating?1576

quick1578

musk cat1609

acute1620

loud1641

nauseous1649

loud-flavoured1866

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [adjective] > penetrating

piercinga1400

penetrative?a1425

penetrablec1425

penetrive?a1505

penetrant1543

thrilling1579

thrillant1590

penetrating1874

?1576 A. Hall Let. touchyng Priuate Quarell sig. F.ij^v What of that penetrating cold that boring out the inhabitants eyes giues them the sauce of hunger.

1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 27^v From vnder the Altar, there issued penetrating plangorous-howlings.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes A kinde of piercing or penetrating medicine.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. ii. 58 Effluxions, their penetrating natures.

1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 319 They were forced to feel the weight of his heavy hand, and also the edge of his penetrating sword.

1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 197 A strong penetrating Smell.

1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy V. v. 37 My uncle Toby pronounced the word wife.—'Tis a shrill, penetrating sound of itself.

1813 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. (ed. 4) III. 349 The Penetrating Flea, or Chigoe.

1874 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. I. iii. §22. 47 Liberty is more penetrating and more extensive than elsewhere.

1937 Life 26 July 7/2 (advt.) Colgate's special penetrating foam gets into the hidden crevices between your teeth.

1996 Holiday Which? Jan. 34/2 In wild areas campers hear their penetrating cries at night.

b. Of a wound or injury: that penetrates a bodily organ or cavity.

ΚΠ

1580 J. Hester tr. L. Fioravanti Short Disc. Chirurg. Oi^v It will helpe the rupture, and all sortes of woundes penetrating and vlcers of the longes [It. a tutte le sorti di ferite penetranti alle ulcere del polmone].

1639 J. Woodall Surgeons Mate (rev. ed.) 85 Those which are termed internall and penetrating wounds, are..discovered likewise by sight, by feeling, or by searching with an instrument into them.

1678 J. Browne Compl. Disc. Wounds li. 239 A deep and penetrating wound happening here [sc. the Neck], doth produce direful Symptomes, causing hereby both loss of Sense and Motion.

1742 F. Ould Treat. Midwifry iii. 201 If the smallest penetrating Wound be dangerous in a healthful Person, how effectually mortal must the Cæsarian Operation be?

1794 R. Gosling tr. P.-J. Desault Parisian Chirurg. Jrnl. II. 396 J. P. Ripert..was brought to the Hôtel Dieu..for a penetrating gun-shot wound he had received in the chest.

1841 London Med. Gaz. 29 Oct. 163/2 The hissing sound that takes place as soon as a penetrating incision is made between the ribs.

1876 Ohio Democrat (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 27 Jan. The first witness..found the deceased lying on the floor with a penetrating wound on the left temple.

1930 Times 30 June 17 Penetrating injuries of the eyeball need to be seen as soon as possible by a competent ophthalmologist.

1998 R. J.-F. Tsai in T. Nishida Corneal Healing & Responses to Injuries & Refractive Surgeries 128 (caption) Severe scars formed after the penetrating incisions and subsequent sutures.

2015 P. Graves Two Souls Hollow ii. 22 Your brother suffered a single penetrating stab wound to the upper-right abdomen.

c. Physics. Of a particle, ray, etc.: passing easily through matter.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > atomic nucleus > radioactivity > gamma radiation > [adjective]

penetrating1898

hard1902

1898 Science 4 Nov. 604/2 Röntgen..calls a low-vacuum tube, which does not emit the highly penetrating rays, a ‘soft’ tube.

1938 R. W. Lawson tr. G. von Hevesy & F. A. Paneth Man. Radioactivity (ed. 2) xxv. 280 A penetrating particle had traversed both counters and the Wilson chamber.

1947 Radiology 49 358/2 The malignant response elicited by penetrating radiations, irrespective of type, consisted of hemopoietic tissue tumors.

1986 A. C. Clarke Songs of Distant Earth i. iv. 9 Something so penetrating that it passed through a planet as easily as light through a sheet of glass could be used to look into the hearts of suns.

1992 S. S. Hall Mapping Next Millennium (1993) xv. 298 Four 8-inch-thick plates of iron..arrest the passage of all but the highly penetrating particles called muons.

d. Sport. Capable of breaching an opponent's defence.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of play, actions, or postures > [adjective] > attack

offensive1886

penetrating1958

penetrative1960

1958 Listener 16 Oct. 604/1 In dropping Wardle, M.C.C. have dropped the man who is certainly our most penetrating bowler on easy wickets.

1987 Tennis Aug. 10/2 Her game, particularly her erratic but penetrating serve, was born for grass.

a. Of an eye, a person's gaze, etc.: intense, searching; able to see things at a distance or in great detail.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > [adjective] > for looking through > powerful

penetrating1744

1596 T. Wright Disposition or Garnishmente Soule iii. ii. 253 If we conceaue his maiestie as an infinite cleare & penetrating eye, dispersed abowte the whole world.

1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 171 He blinded the best sighted and most penetrating eyes.

1648 Mercurius Bellicus No. 14. 6 One of the eyes of the Kingdome, is now drained dry of moisture, and her penetrating sight extinct.

a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 4 And bent his penetrating Brow, As if he meant to gaze her through.

1744 E. Haywood Female Spectator (1748) I. v. 233 Her penetrating eyes immediately discovered her would-have-been gallant.

1791 E. Burke Appeal New to Old Whigs 115 A penetrating aquiline eye.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ix, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 236 Acute features, and a penetrating look.

1876 H. James Roderick Hudson i. 24 He gave Rowland a clear, penetrating glance.

1927 V. Woolf To Lighthouse iii. i. 219 Mr. Ramsay..looked straight at her, with his distraught wild gaze which was yet so penetrating.

1991 Here's Health Jan. 26/2 Fay's eyes are blue and intense with the penetrating pierce used by headmistresses to ensure total attention.

b. Having or showing insight or percipience; acute, discerning.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [adjective]

sharpc888

yepec1000

spacka1200

yare-witelc1275

fellc1300

yap13..

seeinga1382

far-castinga1387

sightya1400

perceivinga1425

snellc1425

politic?a1439

quickc1449

pregnant?a1475

pert1484

quick-wittedc1525

apt1535

intelligentc1540

queemc1540

ready-witted1576

political1577

of (a) great, deep, etc., reach1579

conceited1583

perspicuous1584

sharp-witteda1586

shrewd1589

inseeing1590

conceived1596

acute1598

pregnate1598

agile1599

nimble-headed1601

insighted1602

nimble1604

nimble-witted1604

penetrant1605

penetrating1606

spraga1616

acuminous1619

discoursing1625

smart1639

penetrativea1641

sagacious1650

nasute1653

acuminate1654

blunt-sharpa1661

long-headed1665

smoky1688

rapid1693

keen1704

gash1706

snack1710

cute1731

mobile1778

wide awake1785

acuminated1786

quick-minded1789

kicky1790

snap1790

downy1803

snacky1806

unbaffleable1827

varmint1829

needle-sharp1836

nimble-brained1836

incisivea1850

spry1849

fast1850

snappy1871

hard-boiled1884

on the spot1903

1606 S. Lennard tr. T. Buoni Problemes of Beautie xciv. 196 The sharpe plough share of his penetrating wit.

?c1660 S. C. Famous & Delectable Hist. Cleocreton & Cloryana 48 He knew Philopeet was behinde, who would know any thing, and of a penetrating wit and would sometimes suspect things that never were thought on.

1661 K. W. Confused Characters To Rdr. 1 To suppose..that your penetrating and perforating intellectualls will extract some honey from this aloes.

1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub i. 50 This unknown Author hath so exhausted the Subject, that a penetrating Reader will easily discover, whatever hath been written since upon that Dispute, to be little more than Repetition.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. viii. i. 148 I had known a Man whose penetrating Genius had enabled him to raise a large Fortune.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. viii. 208 He respected him as a shrewd, penetrating, sarcastic character.

1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. ix 174 It takes a more penetrating and enlightened study to pick out the signs of original unity.

1937 Mind 46 227 Berkeley's penetrating criticism of the postulates.

1993 New Republic 8 Mar. 38/1 I have never before read such a penetrating analysis of the dynamics of the Wilkes and Liberty movement.

3. Deeply affecting; having an intense effect on one's emotions or feelings.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > intense emotion > [adjective] > affecting intensely or deeply

visceral1575

heart-burning1590

heart-scalding1594

heart-piercing1598

flint-moving1600

near-touching1615

penetrativea1616

penetrating1632

heartfelt1712

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iii. 107 Courteous penetrating lenity.

1795 E. Burke Lett. Peace Regic. France iv, in Wks. (1818) IX. 72 Even the Negroes in the West Indies, know nothing of..so penetrating, so heart-breaking a slavery.

1855 G. Brimley Ess. (1858) i. 79 From the penetrating tenderness..of his love for the young girl.

1896 C. G. D. Roberts Forge in Forest ii. 31 The priest was not galled, however, by these penetrating insults.

1928 D. H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley's Lover xii. 207 All his blood-vessels seemed to scald with..desire, for..the penetrating beauty of her in his arms.

1998 Church Times 12 June 28/5 Christ's anguished appeal—one of the oratorio's most penetrating and poignant moments.

Derivatives

ˈpenetratingness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sourness or acidity > [noun] > pungency

peppera1425

tangc1440

mordacity1583

heat1586

saltness1612

piquantness1648

quickness1652

subtilty1661

penetratingness1662

pungency1663

piquancy1664

poignancy1677

mordicancy1693

pertness1756

causticity1772

poignance1782

pungence1810

warmth1816

piquance1867

zinginess1938

1662 H. Stubbe Indian Nectar iii. 55 The strength and penetratingness of their smell.

1880 Littell's Living Age 3 July 63/1 His voice..had that undefinable penetratingness peculiar to the great actor and true orator.

1963 H. Werner & B. Kaplan Symbol Formation xiv. 217 Subjects in the study on the physiognomies of words..were able to seize the quality of ‘penetratingness’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	penetrating
释义	penetratingn. Brit. /ˈpɛnᵻtreɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɛnəˌtreɪdɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: penetrate v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < penetrate v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier penetration n. The action of penetrate v. (in various senses). Frequently attributive, esp. in penetrating power (sometimes spec. = penetration n. 3a). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > [noun] > instrument for looking through > power of penetrating1656 penetration1799 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [noun] > act of penetration1605 penetrating1656 intuition1780 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso ii. liv. 314 Mistaken in their penetrating [It. nel voler penetrar] into the hidden sense of their actions. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Perforated... The Armorists use it to express the passing or penetrating of one Ordinary (in part) thro' another. 1832 in A. Pritchard Microsc. Cabinet xviii. 175 A test is an object which serves to render sensible both the perfection and imperfection of an instrument, as to defining and penetrating power. 1870 H. Cholmondeley-Pennell Mod. Pract. Angler i. 9 The round and Kirby bends are very deficient in penetrating power, and disproportionately short in the shank as compared to their breadth of bend. 1936 N. Feather Introd. Nucl. Physics i. 5 These photographs illustrate clearly the reason for the great penetrating power of γ radiation. 1978 Notes & Rec. Royal Soc. 33 42 Experience had also shown him [sc. William Herschel] that although penetrating power and the power to resolve detail were not quite the same, they were closely related. 1989 Sports Illustr. (Nexis) 22 May 22 The creative player on the perimeter who is highly skilled at passing, penetrating and shooting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). penetratingadj. Brit. /ˈpɛnᵻtreɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɛnəˌtreɪdɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: penetrate v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < penetrate v. + -ing suffix². Compare earlier penetrative adj., penetrable adj. 1. a. That pierces, permeates, or makes its way into or through something; spec. able to permeate the bodily system or to have an intense effect on the senses, esp. smell, taste, or hearing; pungent, sharp; shrill, harsh, strident. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sourness or acidity > [adjective] > pungent sharpc1000 hotc1175 poignantc1387 keen1398 angryc1400 eager?c1400 tartc1405 argutec1420 mordicative?a1425 mordificative?a1425 piperinea1425 pungitive?a1425 pikea1475 vehement1490 oversharpa1500 over-stronga1500 penetrating?1576 penetrative1578 quick1578 piercing1593 exalted1594 mordicant1603 acute1620 toothed1628 pungent1644 piquant1645 tartarous1655 mordacious1657 piperate1683 peppery1684 tartish1712 hyperoxide1816 snell1835 mordanta1845 shrill1864 piperitious1890 the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [adjective] > of a smell: bad sourc1340 sourish1398 unclean?1440 rankish1495 rank1570 penetrating?1576 quick1578 musk cat1609 acute1620 loud1641 nauseous1649 loud-flavoured1866 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [adjective] > penetrating piercinga1400 penetrative?a1425 penetrablec1425 penetrive?a1505 penetrant1543 thrilling1579 thrillant1590 penetrating1874 ?1576 A. Hall Let. touchyng Priuate Quarell sig. F.ij^v What of that penetrating cold that boring out the inhabitants eyes giues them the sauce of hunger. 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 27^v From vnder the Altar, there issued penetrating plangorous-howlings. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes A kinde of piercing or penetrating medicine. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. ii. 58 Effluxions, their penetrating natures. View more context for this quotation 1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 319 They were forced to feel the weight of his heavy hand, and also the edge of his penetrating sword. View more context for this quotation 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 197 A strong penetrating Smell. 1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy V. v. 37 My uncle Toby pronounced the word wife.—'Tis a shrill, penetrating sound of itself. 1813 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. (ed. 4) III. 349 The Penetrating Flea, or Chigoe. 1874 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. I. iii. §22. 47 Liberty is more penetrating and more extensive than elsewhere. 1937 Life 26 July 7/2 (advt.) Colgate's special penetrating foam gets into the hidden crevices between your teeth. 1996 Holiday Which? Jan. 34/2 In wild areas campers hear their penetrating cries at night. b. Of a wound or injury: that penetrates a bodily organ or cavity. ΚΠ 1580 J. Hester tr. L. Fioravanti Short Disc. Chirurg. Oi^v It will helpe the rupture, and all sortes of woundes penetrating and vlcers of the longes [It. a tutte le sorti di ferite penetranti alle ulcere del polmone]. 1639 J. Woodall Surgeons Mate (rev. ed.) 85 Those which are termed internall and penetrating wounds, are..discovered likewise by sight, by feeling, or by searching with an instrument into them. 1678 J. Browne Compl. Disc. Wounds li. 239 A deep and penetrating wound happening here [sc. the Neck], doth produce direful Symptomes, causing hereby both loss of Sense and Motion. 1742 F. Ould Treat. Midwifry iii. 201 If the smallest penetrating Wound be dangerous in a healthful Person, how effectually mortal must the Cæsarian Operation be? 1794 R. Gosling tr. P.-J. Desault Parisian Chirurg. Jrnl. II. 396 J. P. Ripert..was brought to the Hôtel Dieu..for a penetrating gun-shot wound he had received in the chest. 1841 London Med. Gaz. 29 Oct. 163/2 The hissing sound that takes place as soon as a penetrating incision is made between the ribs. 1876 Ohio Democrat (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 27 Jan. The first witness..found the deceased lying on the floor with a penetrating wound on the left temple. 1930 Times 30 June 17 Penetrating injuries of the eyeball need to be seen as soon as possible by a competent ophthalmologist. 1998 R. J.-F. Tsai in T. Nishida Corneal Healing & Responses to Injuries & Refractive Surgeries 128 (caption) Severe scars formed after the penetrating incisions and subsequent sutures. 2015 P. Graves Two Souls Hollow ii. 22 Your brother suffered a single penetrating stab wound to the upper-right abdomen. c. Physics. Of a particle, ray, etc.: passing easily through matter. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > atomic nucleus > radioactivity > gamma radiation > [adjective] penetrating1898 hard1902 1898 Science 4 Nov. 604/2 Röntgen..calls a low-vacuum tube, which does not emit the highly penetrating rays, a ‘soft’ tube. 1938 R. W. Lawson tr. G. von Hevesy & F. A. Paneth Man. Radioactivity (ed. 2) xxv. 280 A penetrating particle had traversed both counters and the Wilson chamber. 1947 Radiology 49 358/2 The malignant response elicited by penetrating radiations, irrespective of type, consisted of hemopoietic tissue tumors. 1986 A. C. Clarke Songs of Distant Earth i. iv. 9 Something so penetrating that it passed through a planet as easily as light through a sheet of glass could be used to look into the hearts of suns. 1992 S. S. Hall Mapping Next Millennium (1993) xv. 298 Four 8-inch-thick plates of iron..arrest the passage of all but the highly penetrating particles called muons. d. Sport. Capable of breaching an opponent's defence. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of play, actions, or postures > [adjective] > attack offensive1886 penetrating1958 penetrative1960 1958 Listener 16 Oct. 604/1 In dropping Wardle, M.C.C. have dropped the man who is certainly our most penetrating bowler on easy wickets. 1987 Tennis Aug. 10/2 Her game, particularly her erratic but penetrating serve, was born for grass. 2. a. Of an eye, a person's gaze, etc.: intense, searching; able to see things at a distance or in great detail. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > [adjective] > for looking through > powerful penetrating1744 1596 T. Wright Disposition or Garnishmente Soule iii. ii. 253 If we conceaue his maiestie as an infinite cleare & penetrating eye, dispersed abowte the whole world. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 171 He blinded the best sighted and most penetrating eyes. 1648 Mercurius Bellicus No. 14. 6 One of the eyes of the Kingdome, is now drained dry of moisture, and her penetrating sight extinct. a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 4 And bent his penetrating Brow, As if he meant to gaze her through. 1744 E. Haywood Female Spectator (1748) I. v. 233 Her penetrating eyes immediately discovered her would-have-been gallant. 1791 E. Burke Appeal New to Old Whigs 115 A penetrating aquiline eye. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ix, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 236 Acute features, and a penetrating look. 1876 H. James Roderick Hudson i. 24 He gave Rowland a clear, penetrating glance. 1927 V. Woolf To Lighthouse iii. i. 219 Mr. Ramsay..looked straight at her, with his distraught wild gaze which was yet so penetrating. 1991 Here's Health Jan. 26/2 Fay's eyes are blue and intense with the penetrating pierce used by headmistresses to ensure total attention. b. Having or showing insight or percipience; acute, discerning. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [adjective] sharpc888 yepec1000 spacka1200 yare-witelc1275 fellc1300 yap13.. seeinga1382 far-castinga1387 sightya1400 perceivinga1425 snellc1425 politic?a1439 quickc1449 pregnant?a1475 pert1484 quick-wittedc1525 apt1535 intelligentc1540 queemc1540 ready-witted1576 political1577 of (a) great, deep, etc., reach1579 conceited1583 perspicuous1584 sharp-witteda1586 shrewd1589 inseeing1590 conceived1596 acute1598 pregnate1598 agile1599 nimble-headed1601 insighted1602 nimble1604 nimble-witted1604 penetrant1605 penetrating1606 spraga1616 acuminous1619 discoursing1625 smart1639 penetrativea1641 sagacious1650 nasute1653 acuminate1654 blunt-sharpa1661 long-headed1665 smoky1688 rapid1693 keen1704 gash1706 snack1710 cute1731 mobile1778 wide awake1785 acuminated1786 quick-minded1789 kicky1790 snap1790 downy1803 snacky1806 unbaffleable1827 varmint1829 needle-sharp1836 nimble-brained1836 incisivea1850 spry1849 fast1850 snappy1871 hard-boiled1884 on the spot1903 1606 S. Lennard tr. T. Buoni Problemes of Beautie xciv. 196 The sharpe plough share of his penetrating wit. ?c1660 S. C. Famous & Delectable Hist. Cleocreton & Cloryana 48 He knew Philopeet was behinde, who would know any thing, and of a penetrating wit and would sometimes suspect things that never were thought on. 1661 K. W. Confused Characters To Rdr. 1 To suppose..that your penetrating and perforating intellectualls will extract some honey from this aloes. 1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub i. 50 This unknown Author hath so exhausted the Subject, that a penetrating Reader will easily discover, whatever hath been written since upon that Dispute, to be little more than Repetition. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. viii. i. 148 I had known a Man whose penetrating Genius had enabled him to raise a large Fortune. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. viii. 208 He respected him as a shrewd, penetrating, sarcastic character. 1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. ix 174 It takes a more penetrating and enlightened study to pick out the signs of original unity. 1937 Mind 46 227 Berkeley's penetrating criticism of the postulates. 1993 New Republic 8 Mar. 38/1 I have never before read such a penetrating analysis of the dynamics of the Wilkes and Liberty movement. 3. Deeply affecting; having an intense effect on one's emotions or feelings. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > intense emotion > [adjective] > affecting intensely or deeply visceral1575 heart-burning1590 heart-scalding1594 heart-piercing1598 flint-moving1600 near-touching1615 penetrativea1616 penetrating1632 heartfelt1712 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iii. 107 Courteous penetrating lenity. 1795 E. Burke Lett. Peace Regic. France iv, in Wks. (1818) IX. 72 Even the Negroes in the West Indies, know nothing of..so penetrating, so heart-breaking a slavery. 1855 G. Brimley Ess. (1858) i. 79 From the penetrating tenderness..of his love for the young girl. 1896 C. G. D. Roberts Forge in Forest ii. 31 The priest was not galled, however, by these penetrating insults. 1928 D. H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley's Lover xii. 207 All his blood-vessels seemed to scald with..desire, for..the penetrating beauty of her in his arms. 1998 Church Times 12 June 28/5 Christ's anguished appeal—one of the oratorio's most penetrating and poignant moments. Derivatives ˈpenetratingness n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sourness or acidity > [noun] > pungency peppera1425 tangc1440 mordacity1583 heat1586 saltness1612 piquantness1648 quickness1652 subtilty1661 penetratingness1662 pungency1663 piquancy1664 poignancy1677 mordicancy1693 pertness1756 causticity1772 poignance1782 pungence1810 warmth1816 piquance1867 zinginess1938 1662 H. Stubbe Indian Nectar iii. 55 The strength and penetratingness of their smell. 1880 Littell's Living Age 3 July 63/1 His voice..had that undefinable penetratingness peculiar to the great actor and true orator. 1963 H. Werner & B. Kaplan Symbol Formation xiv. 217 Subjects in the study on the physiognomies of words..were able to seize the quality of ‘penetratingness’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1656adj.?1576
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penetratingn.

penetratingadj.

Derivatives