stabbing

adj 1: causing physical or especially psychological injury; "a

stabbing remark"; "few experiences are more traumatic

than losing a child"; "wounding and false charges of

disloyalty" [syn: {traumatic}, {wounding}]

2: as physically 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"; "a gray world with ice and toothed

winds" [syn: {cutting}, {keen}, {knifelike}, {piercing}]