lancinate
Adjective Satellite
- painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
Verb
- To pierce or stab (as with a lance); to lance.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin lancināre.
Synonyms
cutting, keen, knifelike, lancinating, piercing, stabbing, chef, chib, ching, chive, enthrill, foin, gore, gride, jab, job, juke, kebab, knifecrime, lancinate, pigstick, pink, poach, run through, shank, shiv, spear, speet, splash, stab, stick, stob, stog, thrust, yerk
Scrabble Score: 11
lancinate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordlancinate: not valid in Scrabble (MW) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
lancinate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary