penetrating

Verb

• pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance
• come to understand
• become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
• enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members
• make one's way deeper into or through
• insert the penis into the vagina or anus of
• spread or diffuse through
• present participle and gerund of penetrate

Adjective Satellite

• having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
  • "penetrating insight"
• tending to penetrate; having the power of entering or piercing
  • "a cold penetrating wind"
  • "a penetrating odor"

Adj

• Able to pierce or penetrate
• Looking deeply into; piercing
• Demonstrating acute or keen understanding

Examples

• He had a very penetrating pair of brown eyes.
• His novel shows a penetrating insight into the criminal mind.
• The skunk produces a penetrating odor.

Synonyms

acute, bottom, click, come home, dawn, diffuse, discriminating, fall into place, fathom, get across, get through, imbue, incisive, infiltrate, interpenetrate, keen, knifelike, penetrate, penetrative, perforate, permeate, pervade, piercing, riddle, sharp, sink in

Anagrams of penetrating