lancinate

Adjective

Synonyms: cutting keen knifelike piercing stabbing lancinating

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (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”Synonyms: cutting keen knifelike piercing stabbing lancinating

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]