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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. painful as if caused by a sharp instrument;
- Example: "a cutting wind"
- Example: "keen winds"
- Example: "knifelike cold"
- Example: "piercing knifelike pains"
- Example: "piercing cold"
- Example: "piercing criticism"
- Example: "a stabbing pain"
- Example: "lancinating pain"
[syn: cutting, keen, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lancinate \Lan"ci*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lancinated; p.
   pr. & vb. n. Lancinating.] [L. lancinatus, p. p. of
   lancinare to fear.]
   To tear; to lacerate; to pierce or stab. --De Quincey.
   [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lancinating \Lan"ci*na`ting\, a.
   Piercing; seeming to pierce or stab; as, lancinating pains
   (i.e., severe, darting pains).
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

lancinating
    adj 1: 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" [syn: cutting,
           keen, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate,
           lancinating]