Lancinate — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

painful as if caused by a sharp instrument

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/lˈænsᵻnˌeɪt/

🇬🇧British English

/lˈansɪnˌeɪt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/lˈansɪnˌeɪt/

3 syllables Say it as /lˈænsᵻnˌeɪt/.

Examples

a cutting wind
keen winds
knifelike cold

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

piercing stabbing cutting lancinating knifelike keen

Parts of Speech

adjective

painful as if caused by a sharp instrument

“a cutting wind”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

lancinieren

schmerzhaft, als würde es durch ein scharfes Instrument verursacht

🇫🇷French

lanciner

douloureux comme s'il était causé par un instrument tranchant

🇪🇸Spanish

lancinar

doloroso como causado por un instrumento afilado

🇮🇹Italian

lancinato

doloroso come se causato da uno strumento tagliente

🇳🇱Dutch

scherp

pijnlijk alsof het door een scherp instrument wordt veroorzaakt

🇵🇹Portuguese

lancinar

doloroso como se fosse causado por um instrumento pontiagudo

🇷🇺Russian

простреливать

болезненно, как будто от острого инструмента

India

🇮🇳Hindi

लांसिनेट

ऐसा दर्द जैसे किसी तेज़ उपकरण से हुआ हो

🇧🇩Bengali

ল্যান্সিনেট

বেদনাদায়ক যেন একটি ধারালো যন্ত্র দ্বারা সৃষ্ট

🇮🇳Tamil

லாஞ்சினேட்

கூர்மையான கருவியால் ஏற்படுவது போல் வலி

🇮🇳Telugu

లాంసినేట్

పదునైన పరికరం వల్ల కలిగే బాధాకరమైనది

🇮🇳Marathi

लँसिनेट

एखाद्या धारदार उपकरणामुळे वेदनादायक

🇮🇳Gujarati

લેન્સીનેટ

તીક્ષ્ણ સાધનને કારણે પીડાદાયક

🇮🇳Kannada

ಲ್ಯಾನ್ಸಿನೇಟ್

ತೀಕ್ಷ್ಣವಾದ ಉಪಕರಣದಿಂದ ಉಂಟಾದ ನೋವು

🇮🇳Malayalam

ലാൻസിനേറ്റ്

മൂർച്ചയുള്ള ഒരു ഉപകരണം മൂലമുണ്ടാകുന്ന പോലെ വേദനാജനകമാണ്

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

戮

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

갈라지다

날카로운 도구에 맞은 것처럼 아프다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

lưỡi dao

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

🇹🇭Thai

ร่วงหล่น

เจ็บปวดเหมือนถูกเครื่องมือมีคม

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

لاسينات

مؤلمة كما لو كانت ناجمة عن أداة حادة

🇹🇷Turkish

lansinat

sanki keskin bir alet neden olmuş gibi acı verici

🇮🇱Hebrew

לזנק

כואב כאילו נגרם על ידי מכשיר חד

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The primary meaning of 'lancinate' is 'painful as if caused by a sharp instrument'.

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