stabbing

Adjective

Synonyms: wounding cutting keen knifelike piercing lancinate lancinating

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

causing physical or especially psychological injury“a stabbing remark”“wounding and false charges of disloyalty”Synonyms: wounding
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 lancinate lancinating

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Stab \Stab\ (st[a^]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stabbed (st[a^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. Stabbing.] [Cf. OD. staven to fix, fasten, fr. stave, staff, a staff, rod; akin to G. stab a staff, stick, E. staff; also Gael. stob to stab, as n., a stake, a stub. Cf. Staff.]

1.To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the thrust of a pointed instrument; as, to stab a man with a dagger; also, to thrust; as, to stab a dagger into a person. [1913 Webster]

2.Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander; as, to stab a person's reputation. [1913 Webster]