Synonyms for stab
stæbstab

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stab

   Synonyms:
   pierce, transfix, thrust

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1. pang, stab, twingenoun

   a sudden sharp feeling

   "pangs of regret"; "she felt a stab of excitement"; "twinges of conscience"

   Synonyms:
   twinge, pang, shot, sting, thrust, knife thrust

2. stab, thrust, knife thrustnoun

   a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument

   "one strong stab to the heart killed him"

   Synonyms:
   thrust, jabbing, shot, push, knife thrust, poking, drive, pang, driving force, poke, thrusting, twinge, jab

3. shot, stabverb

   informal words for any attempt or effort

   "he gave it his best shot"; "he took a stab at forecasting"

   Synonyms:
   injection, scene, guess, dig, stroke, barb, pellet, gibe, guesswork, slam, crack, thrust, twinge, knife thrust, shooter, shooting, dead reckoning, guessing, blastoff, snap, pang, snapshot, shaft, shot, jibe

4. knife, stabverb

   use a knife on

   "The victim was knifed to death"

   Synonyms:
   prod, dig, knife, poke, jab

5. stab, jabverb

   stab or pierce

   "he jabbed the piece of meat with his pocket knife"

   Synonyms:
   prod, dig, knife, jab, poke

6. jab, prod, stab, poke, digverb

   poke or thrust abruptly

   "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"

   Synonyms:
   compass, nose, incite, toil, pry, grind, dig, drudge, moil, dig up, jab, poke, horn in, delve, nudge, grasp, prod, egg on, thump, cut into, knife, travail, labour, get the picture, hollow, apprehend, pound, comprehend, turn over, excavate, savvy, labor, grok, intrude, poke at, dig out

Matched Categories

1. • Feeling
   • Injure
   • Thrust

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1. stabnoun

   Synonyms:
   thrust, stick

2. stabverb

   Synonyms:
   pierce, transfix, gore, spear

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1. stabnoun

   Synonyms:
   thrust, wound, stoccado

2. stabverb

   Synonyms:
   pierce, thrust, gore, transfix, backbite, malign

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1. List of paraphrases for "stab":

   stabbing, knife

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1. Peter Madsen:

   There is nothing sexual in the fact that the stab holes were in her vagina. I understand why you might think there was, but there was nothing sexual in it for me.

2. Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman:

   The four Brooklyn Center police officers who initially responded to the scene used de-escalation tactics and seemed to have calmed down Mr. Dimock-Heisler. Even when he sprang from his chair, grabbed a knife and attempted to stab one of the officers, three officers fired their Tasers, with no effect, then, and only then, did they fire their guns.

3. Candace Owens:

   You could feel the energy. It was electric. I think after the 2020 election, and because of the shock of all the things that happened, and the answers that we never really feel that we got, this sinking realization that we might actually be losing our country, I think that it pushed Joe Raedle/Getty Images into an angry space, where Joe Raedle/Getty Images does n’t trust anybody, where Joe Raedle/Getty Images does n’t listen to anybody, where Joe Raedle/Getty Images’s almost likely to believe that everybody is trying to turn their back on Joe Raedle/Getty Images and stab Joe Raedle/Getty Images in the back. And again, I do n’t believe that that’s leadership.

4. Corey Feldman:

   He got one stab in, that was it. And it was a very small [puncture], it was bleeding, but it was like a dot. So I don’t know if he just got me with just the tip of the knife, or if he got me with a syringe. That’s the part we don’t know.

5. Randall Kallinen:

   A story was made up about her that she was threatening to stab people in the room with scissors, it was extremely traumatizing for her and has led to a lot of problems psychologically and she is suffering from depression. Whenever she hears any footsteps outside of her dorm room, she's always terrified.