stabbing

Meanings

• use a knife on
• stab or pierce
• poke or thrust abruptly
• causing physical or especially psychological injury
  • "a stabbing remark"
• painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
  • "a stabbing pain"

Synonyms

cutting, dig, jab, keen, knife, knifelike, lancinate, lancinating, piercing, poke, prod, stab, wounding