knifelike
Like a blade
Knifelike describes something resembling a knife in sharpness or shape.
A knifelike pain is sudden and piercing: A knifelike pain shot through her side.
Knifelike features are sharp and angular.
The word suggests cutting precision or severity: knifelike winds, a knifelike glare.
Wounding with a blade
- piercingPenetrating or very sharp
- shootingDischarging a weapon
- sharpFine-edged, or astute
- searingBrowning with intense heat
cutting · lancing · acute · intense · excruciating · throbbing · sudden · localized
Extremely fine-edged
- keenSharp or enthusiastic
- honedSharpened or refined
- cuttingDividing via sharp edge
- incisiveSharply analytical
piercing · edged · fine · pointed · acute · whetted · slicing · surgical
stabbing
Wounding with a blade
searing · cutting · lancing · acute · intense · excruciating · throbbing · sudden · localized · penetrating
razor-sharp
Extremely fine-edged
incisive · piercing · edged · fine · pointed · acute · whetted · slicing · surgical · precise
biting
Harshly critical or cold
harsh · stinging · frigid · raw · penetrating · icy · numbing · slicing · chilling · bracing
angular
Sharp-edged or rawboned
aquiline · prominent · gaunt · defined · severe · striking · harsh · thin · pronounced · sculpted
knifelikedull
Lacking edge or interest
blunt · blunted · dulled · unsharpened · edgeless
like, knife, likeness, knives, liken, knifed, knifing, penknife, pocketknife