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Synonyms for stabbing
adj sharp- acuminate
- barbed
- edged
- fine
- gnawing
- honed
- horned
- jagged
- keen
- peaked
- piercing
- pointed
- serrated
- sharpened
- shooting
- spiked
- stinging
- tapered
- tapering
- tined
- tipped
- whetted
- aciculate
- acuate
- acuminous
- acute
- apical
- briery
- cuspate
- cuspidate
- ground fine
- keen-edged
- knife-edged
- knifelike
- lancinating
- needle-pointed
- needlelike
- pointy
- prickly
- pronged
- razor-sharp
- salient
- sharp-edged
- spiky
- spiny
- splintery
- thorny
- unblunted
Antonyms for stabbing
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excruciating
adjective. torturous, painful
knifelike
adjective. sharp
- 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
lancinating
adjective. sharp
- 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
more acute
adjective. severe, intense
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.