Lancinating — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

painful as if caused by a sharp instrument

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/lˈænsᵻnˌeɪɾɪŋ/

🇬🇧British English

/lˈansɪnˌeɪtɪŋ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/lˈansɪnˌeɪtɪŋ/

4 syllables Say it as /lˈænsᵻnˌeɪɾɪŋ/.

Examples

a cutting wind
keen winds
knifelike cold

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

piercing stabbing lancinate cutting knifelike keen

Parts of Speech

adjective

painful as if caused by a sharp instrument

“a cutting wind”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

stechend

schmerzhaft, als würde es durch ein scharfes Instrument verursacht

🇫🇷French

lancinant

douloureux comme s'il était causé par un instrument tranchant

🇪🇸Spanish

lancinante

doloroso como causado por un instrumento afilado

🇮🇹Italian

lancinante

doloroso come se causato da uno strumento tagliente

🇳🇱Dutch

vlijmend

pijnlijk alsof het door een scherp instrument wordt veroorzaakt

🇵🇹Portuguese

lancinante

doloroso como se fosse causado por um instrumento pontiagudo

🇷🇺Russian

пронзающий

болезненно, как будто от острого инструмента

India

🇮🇳Hindi

तीक्ष्ण

ऐसा दर्द जैसे किसी तेज़ उपकरण से हुआ हो

🇮🇳Tamil

லாஞ்சினிங்

கூர்மையான கருவியால் ஏற்படுவது போல் வலி

🇮🇳Telugu

లాన్సినింగ్

పదునైన పరికరం వల్ల కలిగే బాధాకరమైనది

🇮🇳Gujarati

લેન્સીનેટિંગ

તીક્ષ્ણ સાધનને કારણે પીડાદાયક

🇮🇳Kannada

ಲ್ಯಾನ್ಸಿನೇಟಿಂಗ್

ತೀಕ್ಷ್ಣವಾದ ಉಪಕರಣದಿಂದ ಉಂಟಾದ ನೋವು

🇮🇳Malayalam

ലാൻസിനിംഗ്

മൂർച്ചയുള്ള ഒരു ഉപകരണം മൂലമുണ്ടാകുന്ന പോലെ വേദനാജനകമാണ്

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

锯齿状的

疼痛就像由锋利的仪器引起的

🇯🇵Japanese

刺すような

まるで鋭利な器具で刺されたような痛み

🇰🇷Korean

찌르는

날카로운 도구에 맞은 것처럼 아프다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đâm bằng dao

đau đớn như thể bị gây ra bởi một dụng cụ sắc nhọn

🇹🇭Thai

กำลังกรีด

เจ็บปวดเหมือนถูกเครื่องมือมีคม

🇮🇩Indonesian

nyeri pedih

nyeri seperti disebabkan oleh alat tajam

🇵🇭Filipino

nagpapalansin

masakit na parang dulot ng isang matulis na instrumento

🇲🇾Malay

melancinasi

menyakitkan seolah-olah disebabkan oleh alat yang tajam

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مطعون

مؤلمة كما لو كانت ناجمة عن أداة حادة

🇮🇷Persian

لانسینینگ

دردناک که گویی ناشی از یک ابزار تیز است

🇹🇷Turkish

lansinasyon

sanki keskin bir alet neden olmuş gibi acı verici

🇮🇱Hebrew

מצמרר

כואב כאילו נגרם על ידי מכשיר חד

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