Synonyms of stabbing

stabbing 1 of 2

adjective

as in scratching

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scratching
• piercing
• lacerating
• jagged
• jabbing
• knifelike
• clawlike
• pointed
• spiky
• daggerlike
• pointy
• cutting
• ground
• edged
• sharpened
• spikey
• trenchant
• honed
• edgy
• sharp
• keen
• stropped
• whetted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• blunt
• dull
• smooth
• rounded
• soft
• blunted
• obtuse
• dulled
• flat
• level
• even
• slick

stabbing

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verb

present participle of stab

as in jabbing

to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object

stabbed the pesky leaf with the tines of the rake

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jabbing
• puncturing
• piercing
• picking
• sticking
• pecking
• spitting
• impaling
• spearing
• punching
• poking
• spiking
• harpooning
• slicing
• lancing
• skewering
• goring
• transfixing
• running through
• pinking
• transpiercing
• perforating
• knifing
• cutting
• bayoneting
• spindling
• riddling
• thrusting
• pricking
• bayonetting
• piking
• pronging
• quilling
• gimleting
• pinpricking
• dirking
• poniarding