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stabbing

[stab-ing] / ˈstæb ɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
sharp
Synonyms
STRONG
acuminate barbed edged fine gnawing honed horned jagged keen peaked piercing pointed serrated sharpened shooting spiked stinging tapered tapering tined tipped whetted
WEAK
aciculate acuate acuminous acute apical briery cuspate cuspidate ground fine keen-edged knife-edged knifelike lancinating needle-pointed needlelike pointy prickly pronged razor-sharp salient sharp-edged spiky spiny splintery thorny unblunted
Antonyms
STRONG
blunt dull smooth

Example Sentences

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Katja Snoeijs realised something was wrong when she felt "stabbing" pains and was forced off at half-time against West Ham last season.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

He was doing chin-ups during a workout when he experienced a new kind of stabbing pain in his hand.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

I started having a stabbing pain in my chest during morning runs, and struggled to breathe deeply.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

Aleix Febas fired the hosts ahead before Dean Huijsen levelled for the league leaders, with Bellingham stabbing home from close range after Alvaro Rodriguez blasted Elche back in front.

From Barron's • Nov. 23, 2025

But Iorek Byrnison was hungry, and even the stabbing tusks of the mighty walrus couldn’t keep him at bay.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman