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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | knifelike, cutting |
| Synonyms: | aciculate, acuate, acuminate, acuminous, acute, apical, barbed, briery, cuspate, cuspidate, edged, fine, ground fine, honed, horned, jagged, keen, keen-edged, knife-edged, needle-pointed, needlelike, peaked, pointed, pointy, prickly, pronged, razor-sharp, salient, serrated, sharp-edged, sharpened, spiked, spiky, spiny, splintery, stinging, tapered, tapering, thorny, tined, tipped, unblunted, whetted |
| Antonyms: | blunt, dull |
| Main Entry: | uppermost |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | top |
| Synonyms: | apical, culminating, highest, loftiest, most elevated, topmost, upmost |
| Antonyms: | bottom, lower, lowest |
| Main Entry: | highest |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | topmost |
| Synonyms: | apical, best, capital, chief, crown, head, maximal, maximum, most, paramount, preeminent, principal, superlative, supreme, tiptop, top, top-notch, uppermost, zenithal |
| Main Entry: | tiptop |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | topmost |
| Synonyms: | apical, highest, supreme, uppermost |
| Main Entry: | gnawing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sharp |
| Synonyms: | aciculate, acuate, acuminate, acuminous, acute, apical, barbed, briery, cuspate, cuspidate, edged, fine, ground fine, honed, horned, jagged, keen, keen-edged, knife-edged, knifelike, lancinating, needle-pointed, needlelike, peaked, piercing, poin, pointed |
| Main Entry: | knifelike |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sharp |
| Synonyms: | aciculate, acuate, acuminate, acuminous, acute, apical, barbed, briery, cuspate, cuspidate, edged, fine, gnawing, ground fine, honed, horned, jagged, keen, keen-edged, knife-edged, lancinating, needle-pointed, needlelike, peaked, piercing, pointed, pointy, prickly, pronged, razor-sharp, salient, serrated, sharp-edged, sharpened, shooting, spiked, spiky, spiny, splintery, stabbing, stinging, tapered, tapering, thorny, tined, tipped, unblunted, whetted |
| Main Entry: | lancinating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sharp |
| Synonyms: | aciculate, acuate, acuminate, acuminous, acute, apical, barbed, briery, cuspate, cuspidate, edged, fine, gnawing, ground fine, honed, horned, jagged, keen, keen-edged, knife-edged, knifelike, needle-pointed, needlelike, peaked, piercing, pointed, pointy, prickly, pronged, razor-sharp, salient, serrated, sharp-edged, sharpened, shooting, spiked, spiky, spiny, splintery, stabbing, stinging, tapered, tapering, thorny, tined, tipped, unblunted, whetted |
| Main Entry: | loftiest |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | top |
| Synonyms: | apical, capital, chief, crack*, crowning, culminating, dominant, elite, excellent, fine, finest, first, first-class*, first-rate, five-star, foremost, greatest, head, highest, lead, leading, maximal, maximum, outside, paramount, preeminent, primary, prime*, principal, ruling, sovereign, superior, supreme, tiptop, top-drawer, top-notch, topmost, upmost, upper, uppermost |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stabbing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sharp |
| Synonyms: | aciculate, acuate, acuminate, acuminous, acute, apical, barbed, briery, cuspate, cuspidate, edged, fine, gnawing, ground fine, honed, horned, jagged, keen, keen-edged, knife-edged, knifelike, lancinating, needle-pointed, needlelike, peaked, piercing, pointed, pointy, prickly, pronged, razor-sharp, salient, serrated, sharp-edged, sharpened, shooting, spiked, spiky, spiny, splintery, stinging, tapered, tapering, thorny, tined, tipped, unblunted, whetted |
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