Thesaurus / knifelike
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synonyms for knifelike
- aciculate
- acuate
- acuminate
- acuminous
- acute
- apical
- barbed
- briery
- cuspate
- cuspidate
- edged
- fine
- gnawing
- ground fine
- honed
- horned
- jagged
- keen
- keen-edged
- knife-edged
- lancinating
- needle-pointed
- needlelike
- peaked
- piercing
- pointed
- pointy
- prickly
- pronged
- razor-sharp
- salient
- serrated
- sharp-edged
- sharpened
- shooting
- spiked
- spiky
- spiny
- splintery
- stabbing
- stinging
- tapered
- tapering
- thorny
- tined
- tipped
- unblunted
- whetted
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Allen moved and cried out in a knifelike agony, and a flicker of suffering passed over his father's face.
THE HAPPY ENDJOSEPH HERGESHEIMERThen, raising the foot, she brought it sharply down, and the knifelike hoof cut through the ice as though it were paper.
CONNIE MORGAN IN THE LUMBER CAMPSJAMES B. HENDRYXBeneath the crust, which cut knifelike, it was wet and soggy, so they emerged saturated.
THE CRIMSON GARDENIA AND OTHER TALES OF ADVENTUREREX BEACHIt was now easy for him to rip with those knifelike claws on his hind feet.
THE GRIZZLY KINGJAMES OLIVER CURWOODNeuralgias are recurrent knifelike facial and head pains that can last for days and even months.
WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE TO TURNSTEVEN J. BARTLETTIt had powerful fanged jaws and its eight feet were armed with knifelike, disemboweling claws.
CAT AND MOUSERALPH WILLIAMSHe had seen Ragged Men disemboweled by those spinning, knifelike projectiles.
ASTOUNDING STORIES OF SUPER-SCIENCE JANUARY 1931VARIOUSThen he dipped instantly and struck downward with his knifelike, clutching talons.
HOOF AND CLAWCHARLES G. D. ROBERTSWORDS RELATED TO KNIFELIKE
- aciculate
- acuate
- acuminate
- acuminous
- acute
- apical
- barbed
- briery
- cuspate
- cuspidate
- edged
- fine
- gnawing
- ground fine
- honed
- horned
- jagged
- keen
- keen-edged
- knife-edged
- knifelike
- needle-pointed
- needlelike
- peaked
- piercing
- pointed
- pointy
- prickly
- pronged
- razor-sharp
- salient
- serrated
- sharp-edged
- sharpened
- shooting
- spiked
- spiky
- spiny
- splintery
- stabbing
- stinging
- tapered
- tapering
- thorny
- tined
- tipped
- unblunted
- whetted
- acute
- agonizing
- arctic
- biting
- bitter
- blaring
- cold
- deafening
- earsplitting
- excruciating
- exquisite
- fierce
- freezing
- frosty
- high
- high-pitched
- keen
- knifelike
- loud
- numbing
- painful
- penetrating
- powerful
- racking
- raw
- roaring
- severe
- sharp
- shattering
- shooting
- shrill
- stabbing
- stentorian
- stentorious
- thin
- treble
- wintry
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.