Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of lancinate
comparative more lancinating · superlative most lancinating
- especiallySharp, stabbing or piercing.
the rains of the equinox had so soaked the earth that the cold oozed up through the soles of the shoes, lancinating cold of the approach of winter that grips hold of your belly and squeezes it tight.
1979, Angela Carter, ‘The Erl-King’, The Bloody Chamber, Vintage, published 2006, page 96
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivepainful as if caused by a sharp instrument
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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lancinating. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lancinating
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