ear-piercing

[ eer-peer-sing ]

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adjective

extremely harsh and irritating to the ear: ear-piercing noise.

Origin of ear-piercing

First recorded in 1595–1605

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How to use ear-piercing in a sentence

No one has ever more skilfully communicated his own disenchantment; no one ever blown a more ear-piercing note of sadness.
Familiar Studies of Men and Books | Robert Louis Stevenson
With a howl more ear-piercing than the first, the points of fire vanished, and there was the sound of a heavy body falling.
The Boy Scouts On The Range | Lieut. Howard Payson

British Dictionary definitions for ear piercing

ear piercing

noun

the making of a hole in the lobe of an ear, using a sterilized needle, so that an earring may be worn fastened in the hole

adjectiveear-piercing

so loud or shrill as to hurt the ears

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