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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Siberian, absorbing, acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulent, acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, acute, algid, apperceptive, appercipient, arctic, argute, asperous, astringent, astute, below zero, biting, bitter, bitterly cold, bleak, boreal, brisk, brumal, caustic, clear-cut, clever, cogent, cold, cold as charity, cold as death, cold as ice, cold as marble, corroding, corrosive, creaky, crisp, cutting, deafening, deep, deep-felt, deepgoing, discerning, discriminating, double-edged, driving, ear-piercing, ear-splitting, edged, effective, escharotic, farseeing, farsighted, fierce, forceful, forcible, foreseeing, foresighted, forethoughted, forethoughtful, freezing, freezing cold, frigid, gelid, glacial, gutsy, harsh, heartfelt, hibernal, hiemal, homefelt, howling, hyperborean, ice-cold, ice-encrusted, icelike, icy, imperative, impressive, incisive, inclement, indelible, ingoing, intelligent, intense, irritating, keen, keening, longheaded, longsighted, loud, mordacious, mordant, nervous, nipping, nippy, nose-piercing, nose-tickling, numbing, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, perspicuous, pervading, pervasive, piercing, pinching, piping, piquant, poignant, powerful, profound, provident, punchy, pungent, quick, quick-witted, raw, reedy, reeking, rigorous, rough, sagacious, scathing, scorching, screaky, screeching, screechy, searching, sensational, sensitive, severe, sharp, sharp-sighted, sharp-witted, shrieking, shrieky, shrill, sinewed, sinewy, slashing, sleety, slushy, smart, snappy, sour, squeaking, squeaky, stabbing, stinging, stone-cold, strident, striking, stringent, strong, strong-scented, strong-smelling, subzero, suffocating, supercooled, tart, telling, thin, thundering, trenchant, ululant, understanding, vehement, vigorous, violent, virulent, vital, vitriolic, wailing, whining, whistling, winterbound, winterlike, wintery, wintry, withering
Dictionary Results for penetrating:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
penetrating
    adj 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" [syn: acute, discriminating,
           incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating,
           penetrative, piercing, sharp]
    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" [syn:
       penetrative, penetrating]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Penetrating \Pen"e*tra`ting\, a.
   1. Having the power of entering, piercing, or pervading;
      sharp; subtile; penetrative; as, a penetrating odor.
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   2. Acute; discerning; sagacious; quick to discover; as, a
      penetrating mind.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Penetrate \Pen"e*trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Penetrated; p.
   pr. & vb. n. Penetrating.] [L. penetratus, p. p. of
   penetrare to penetrate; akin to penitus inward, inwardly, and
   perh. to pens with, in the power of, penus store of food,
   innermost part of a temple.]
   1. To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to effect
      an entrance into; to pierce; as, light penetrates
      darkness.
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   2. To affect profoundly through the senses or feelings; to
      touch with feeling; to make sensible; to move deeply; as,
      to penetrate one's heart with pity. --Shak.
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            The translator of Homer should penetrate himself
            with a sense of the plainness and directness of
            Homer's style.                        --M. Arnold.
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   3. To pierce into by the mind; to arrive at the inner
      contents or meaning of, as of a mysterious or difficult
      subject; to comprehend; to understand.
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            Things which here were too subtile for us to
            penetrate.                            --Ray.
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