knifelike English

Meaning knifelike meaning

What does knifelike mean?

knifelike

— adjective cutting or able to cut as if with a knife

— adjective having a sharp or distinct edge a narrow knifelike profile

— adjective (= cutting, keen, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating) 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

— adjective (= acute, incisive, penetrating, penetrative, sharp) having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions an acute observer of politics and politicians incisive comments icy knifelike reasoning as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang penetrating insight frequent penetrative observations

Synonyms knifelike synonyms

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knifelike English » English

piercing

keen

stabbing

acute

sharp

penetrative

penetrating

lancinating

lancinate

incisive

discriminating

cutting

wounding

sharp-pointed

razor-sharp

pointy-toed

pointed-toe

cuspidated

cuspidate

cuspidal

cusped

cuspated

cuspate