Synonyms:
cutting, keen, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating
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"
Synonyms:
stabbing, wounding
Meaning: causing physical or especially psychological injury; "a stabbing remark"; "wounding and false charges of disloyalty"
Usage examples
Yet, I wonder; is there a single one among all these tired people, or even among the cynical people, who has not had some moment of awe when the thought came stabbing into his mind like a knife: "What a strange thing this life is!