Textual thesaurus for "stabbing"

(adj) lancinate, lancinating, keen, knifelike, cutting, piercing

painful as if caused by a sharp instrument

a cutting wind; keen winds; knifelike cold; piercing knifelike pains; piercing cold; piercing criticism; a stabbing pain; lancinating pain

(adj) wounding

causing physical or especially psychological injury

a stabbing remark; wounding and false charges of disloyalty