Synonyms: lancinate, lancinating, keen, knifelike, stabbing, cutting, piercing
Definition: painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
Usage: a cutting wind; keen winds; knifelike cold; piercing knifelike pains; piercing cold; piercing criticism; a stabbing pain; lancinating pain
Similar words: sharp
Definition: keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point
Usage: a sharp pain; sharp winds
Synonyms: penetrating, penetrative, incisive, discriminating, piercing, acute, keen, knifelike, sharp
Definition: having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
Usage: an acute observer of politics and politicians; incisive comments; icy knifelike reasoning; as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang; penetrating insight; frequent penetrative observations
Similar words: perceptive
Definition: having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment
Usage: a perceptive eye; a perceptive observation