'Lancinating' definitions:

Definition of 'lancinating'

From: WordNet
adjective
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" [syn: cutting, keen, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating]

Definition of 'Lancinating'

From: GCIDE
  • Lancinating \Lan"ci*na`ting\, a. Piercing; seeming to pierce or stab; as, lancinating pains (i.e., severe, darting pains). [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Lancinating'

From: GCIDE
  • Lancinate \Lan"ci*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lancinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Lancinating.] [L. lancinatus, p. p. of lancinare to fear.] To tear; to lacerate; to pierce or stab. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]

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