penetrating

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Adjective

penetrating (comparative more penetrating, superlative most penetrating)

able to pierce or penetrate
The skunk produces a penetrating odor.
demonstrating acute or keen understanding
His novel shows a penetrating insight into the criminal mind.

Translations

able to pierce or penetrate

Finnish: läpitunkeva, viiltävä
Irish: tolltach
Latin: penetrālis

Maori: tīwharawhara (of a voice), tīwharawhara (of a voice)
Persian: نافذ‎ (fa) (nâfez)

demonstrating keen understanding

Dutch: indringend (nl)

Finnish: viiltävä, syvällinen (fi)

Verb

penetrating

present participle of penetrate

Anagrams

repatenting

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