Local English word record

lancinate

adjective · 1 sense

painful as if caused by a sharp instrument

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Examples

  • a cutting wind
  • keen winds
  • knifelike cold
  • piercing knifelike pains
  • piercing cold

Word relationships

Synonyms

cutting, keen, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinating

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