stabbing meaning

UK US /ˈstæbɪŋ/ 2 syllables

stabbing (adjective): causing physical or especially psychological injury.

stabbing has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

stabbing as an adjective

  1. causing physical or especially psychological injury
    • a stabbing remark
    • wounding and false charges of disloyalty

    Synonyms: wounding

    Similar: harmful

  2. 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

    Synonyms: cutting, keen, knifelike, piercing, lancinate, lancinating

    Similar: sharp

How to pronounce stabbing

stabbing is pronounced /ˈstæbɪŋ/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.

Words that rhyme with stabbing

Scrabble score: 13 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with ST · words ending in NG · 8-letter words

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