Definition of
stabbing has definitions from the field of psychology
1
[ adjective ] (psychology) causing physical or especially psychological injury

Synonyms

wounding traumatic

Examples

"a stabbing remark" "few experiences are more traumatic than losing a child" "wounding and false charges of disloyalty"

Related terms

harmful

2
[ adjective ] as physically painful as if caused by a sharp instrument

Synonyms

keen knifelike lancinate lancinating piercing cutting

Examples

"a cutting wind" "keen winds" "knifelike cold" "piercing knifelike pains" "piercing cold" "piercing criticism" "a stabbing pain" "lancinating pain"

Related terms

sharp

3
[ adjective ] as physically painful as if caused by a sharp instrument

Synonyms

keen knifelike piercing cutting

Examples

"a cutting wind" "keen winds" "knifelike cold" "piercing knifelike pains" "piercing cold" "piercing criticism" "a stabbing pain" "lancinating pain"

Related terms

sharp

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Rhymes with

subbing sobbing disturbing jabbing tubing dubbing throbbing ebbing scrubbing rubbing drubbing clubbing webbing absorbing ribbing curbing probing

Phonetic and Homophones

S T AE1 B IH0 NG

Similar Spelling

Stebbins stuffing stopping stooping stubbiness stibnite step-in step_in

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