causing physical or especially psychological injury; a stabbing remark; wounding and false charges of disloyalty
[ Syn: wounding ]
painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; a cutting wind; keen winds; knifelike cold; piercing knifelike pains; piercing cold; piercing criticism; a stabbing pain; lancinating pain
[ Syn: cutting , keen , knifelike , piercing , lancinate , lancinating ]