English adjective: stabbing | |||
1. | stabbing causing physical or especially psychological injury | ||
Samples | A stabbing remark. Wounding and false charges of disloyalty. | ||
Synonyms | wounding | ||
Similar | harmful | ||
Antonyms | harmless | ||
2. | stabbing painful as if caused by a sharp instrument | ||
Samples | A cutting wind. Keen winds. Knifelike cold. Piercing knifelike pains. Piercing cold. Piercing criticism. A stabbing pain. Lancinating pain. | ||
Synonyms | cutting, keen, knifelike, lancinate, lancinating, piercing | ||
Similar | sharp | ||
Antonyms | dull | ||