Synonyms for lancinating

Most common

cutting · keen · stabbing · piercing

All synonyms

Adjective

Definitions

1. adj. 1

   Sharp, stabbing or piercing.

Example sentences

• cutting Banks are cutting lending to industrial borrowers.
• keen He is keen on rock music, but she is even more so.
• stabbing Let's refrain from stabbing people with knives.
• piercing He hid his belly button piercing from his parents.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters

keen¹

7 letters

cutting²

8 letters

stabbing², piercing²

9 letters

knifelike²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cutting² = 2 syllables).