lancinating Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
    lancinate; piercing; keen; cutting; stabbing; knifelike.
    • a cutting wind
    • keen winds
    • knifelike cold
    • piercing knifelike pains
    • piercing cold
    • piercing criticism
    • a stabbing pain
    • lancinating pain

WordNet

Lan"ci*na`ting adjective
Definitions
  1. Piercing; seeming to pierce or stab; as, lancinating pains (i.e., severe, darting pains).

Webster 1913