lancinate

• Adjetivo desusado que significa desgarrar, rasgar o penetrar; se usa en sentido figurado para describir un dolor emocional o físico intenso.

An obsolete adjective meaning to tear, lacerate, or pierce sharply; used in a figurative sense to describe intense emotional or physical pain.

1. Sharp, tearing painC2formalmedical

   Describing a pain that feels like being cut or pierced by a sharp object; lacerating.

   Dolor lancinante

   • The patient reported a lancinate sensation in his abdomen.
   • She experienced a lancinate headache that made her wince.
   • The doctor noted the lancinate quality of the neuralgic pain.
   • The wound caused a lancinate discomfort that lasted for hours.

   Sinónimosacutecuttingpiercingsharpshootingstabbing

   Antónimosachingdullthrobbing