| Main Entry: | knifelike |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sharp |
Synonyms: |
aciculate, acuate, acuminate, acuminous, acute, apical, barbed, briery, cuspate, cuspidate, edged, fine, gnawing, ground fine, honed, horned, jagged, keen, keen-edged, knife-edged, lancinating, needle-pointed, needlelike, peaked, piercing, pointed, pointy, prickly, pronged, razor-sharp, salient, serrated, sharp-edged, sharpened, shooting, spiked, spiky, spiny, splintery, stabbing, stinging, tapered, tapering, thorny, tined, tipped, unblunted, whetted |
| Main Entry: | acute |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having a sharp end or point |
Synonyms: |
acicular, aciculate, acuminate, acuminous, cuspate, cuspidate, knifelike, needle-shaped, peaked, piked, pointed, sharpened, spiked |
| Notes: | acute is used for a sudden onset and short duration; chronic is for conditions that are slow to develop and of long duration acute is an angle of less than 90 degrees; obtuse is one of more than 90 degrees chronic is contrasted with acute as chronic pain persists over a longer period of time than acute pain and is resistant to most medical treatments |
Antonyms: |
blunt, dull |
| Main Entry: | piercing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intense to the senses |
Synonyms: |
acute, agonizing, arctic, biting, bitter, blaring, cold, deafening, earsplitting, excruciating, exquisite, fierce, freezing, frosty, high, high-pitched, keen, knifelike, loud, numbing, painful, penetrating, powerful, racking, raw, roaring, severe, sharp, shattering, shooting, shrill, stabbing, stentorian, stentorious, thin, treble, wintry |
Antonyms: |
low, soft, weak |
| Main Entry: | sharp |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | severe, intense |
Synonyms: |
acute, agonizing, biting, cutting, distinct, distressing, drilling, excruciating, fierce, keen, knifelike, painful, paralyzing, penetrating, piercing, shooting, smart, sore, stabbing, stinging, violent |
Antonyms: |
calm, mild, moderate |
| Main Entry: | gnawing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sharp |
Synonyms: |
aciculate, acuate, acuminate, acuminous, acute, apical, barbed, briery, cuspate, cuspidate, edged, fine, ground fine, honed, horned, jagged, keen, keen-edged, knife-edged, knifelike, lancinating, needle-pointed, needlelike, peaked, piercing, poin, pointed |
| Main Entry: | lancinating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sharp |
Synonyms: |
aciculate, acuate, acuminate, acuminous, acute, apical, barbed, briery, cuspate, cuspidate, edged, fine, gnawing, ground fine, honed, horned, jagged, keen, keen-edged, knife-edged, knifelike, needle-pointed, needlelike, peaked, piercing, pointed, pointy, prickly, pronged, razor-sharp, salient, serrated, sharp-edged, sharpened, shooting, spiked, spiky, spiny, splintery, stabbing, stinging, tapered, tapering, thorny, tined, tipped, unblunted, whetted |
| Main Entry: | stabbing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sharp |
Synonyms: |
aciculate, acuate, acuminate, acuminous, acute, apical, barbed, briery, cuspate, cuspidate, edged, fine, gnawing, ground fine, honed, horned, jagged, keen, keen-edged, knife-edged, knifelike, lancinating, needle-pointed, needlelike, peaked, piercing, pointed, pointy, prickly, pronged, razor-sharp, salient, serrated, sharp-edged, sharpened, shooting, spiked, spiky, spiny, splintery, stinging, tapered, tapering, thorny, tined, tipped, unblunted, whetted |