penetrating

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɛnɪtɹeɪtɪŋ/
Audio (US) (file)
Hyphenation: pen‧e‧trat‧ing

Adjective

penetrating (comparative more penetrating, superlative most penetrating)

able to pierce or penetrate
The skunk produces a penetrating odor.
looking deeply into; piercing
He had a very penetrating pair of brown eyes.
demonstrating acute or keen understanding
His novel shows a penetrating insight into the criminal mind.

Translations

able to pierce or penetrate

Bulgarian: проникващ (bg) (pronikvašt), пронизващ (bg) (pronizvašt)
Finnish: läpitunkeva, viiltävä (fi)
French: pénétrant (fr)
Irish: tolltach
Latin: penetrālis
Macedonian: про́дорен (pródoren), про́бивен (próbiven)
Maori: tīwharawhara (of a voice), tīwharawhara (of a voice)
Persian: نافذ (fa) (nâfez)
Ukrainian: прони́кливий (pronýklyvyj)
Welsh: treiddgar, treiddiol

demonstrating keen understanding

Bulgarian: проницателен (bg) (pronicatelen)
Dutch: indringend (nl)
Finnish: viiltävä (fi), syvällinen (fi)
Macedonian: про́никлив (prónikliv)
Ukrainian: прони́кливий (pronýklyvyj)
Welsh: treiddgar, craff (cy)

Verb

penetrating

present participle and gerund of penetrate

Anagrams

repatenting

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