stabbing
- adjective
- /ˈstæbɪŋ/
- The sudden news of her departure left him with a stabbing pain in his heart.
And people that can relate will relate and they will feel that stabbing wound that that's always there, no doubt.
- And people that can relate will relate and they will feel that stabbing wound that that's always there, no doubt.
Examples
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He felt a stabbing sensation in his side after the fall.
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And people that can relate will relate and they will feel that stabbing wound that that's always there, no doubt.
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And then and then and then you start having issues and, and then you have stabbing problems.
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So if there was stabbing, cutting, my mother was shot by my dad.
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But like the stabbing is just like, that's fucked.
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The artist conveyed his emotions through a painting that evokes a stabbing sense of loss.
Synonyms
A sudden strong pain that feels like being cut
Felt very strongly, for example pain or desire
A very sharp, intense feeling or sound that seems to cut
A sudden sharp pain like a knife in your body
A very sharp, stabbing pain like being pierced
A pain that is sudden and very sharp like an electric shock
A very sharp pain that feels like being cut
A sharp sudden pain you feel on your skin
Very hurtful in words, or sharply cold in weather
Causing emotional pain or hurt
How Intense
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Stabbing comes from the simple verb stab, which means 'to push a sharp point into something'. So a stabbing pain is sudden and very sharp, like a quick poke from a pointed object.