cutting, adj.
painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
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cutting keen knifelike lancinate lancinating piercing stabbing
sample sentences
"a cutting wind""keen winds"
"knifelike cold"
"piercing knifelike pains"
"piercing cold"
"piercing criticism"
"a stabbing pain"
"lancinating pain"
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unpleasantly cold and damp
<adj.all>
bleak cutting raw
sample sentences
"bleak winds of the North Atlantic"
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(of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character
<adj.all>
cutting edged stinging
sample sentences
"cutting remarks""edged satire"
"a stinging comment"
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