Adjacent Words

lancinating definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: 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, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: lancinate to pierce, from Latin lancinatus, past participle of lancinare; akin to Latin lacerare to rend — more at lacerate Date: 1762 characterized by piercing or stabbing sensations <lancinating pain>

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lanciname Lan"ci*name, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lancinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Lancinating.] [L. lancinatus, p. p. of lancinare to fear.] To tear; to lacerate; to pierce or stab. --De Quincey.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Piercing, darting, cutting.