Lancinating (Adjective)
Meaning
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".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- She winced in agony as the lancinating pain shot through her injured knee.
- The biting cold brought tears to his eyes as he trudged through the snow, the air cutting like a thousand knives.
- The lancinating cry of the wounded animal echoed through the forest, a haunting reminder of the destruction caused by human carelessness.
- As she struggled to cope with the loss of her loved one, she felt the lancinating sting of grief that seemed to pierce her very soul.
- The patient described her migraines as lancinating headaches that left her feeling drained and helpless.