Source : WordNet®

lancinate
     adj : 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"; "lancinating pain" [syn:
            {cutting}, {keen}, {knifelike}, {piercing}, {stabbing},
            {lancinating}]