Another word for sharpness

A cutting quality

• sting

  1. To pierce or wound painfully with a sharp-pointed structure or organ, as that of certain insects.
  2. To cause to feel a sharp, smarting pain:
  3. To cause to suffer keenly in the mind or feelings:

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  1. To pierce or wound painfully with a sharp-pointed structure or organ, as that of certain insects.
  2. To cause to feel a sharp, smarting pain:
  3. To cause to suffer keenly in the mind or feelings:

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• keenness

  1. sharpness or cutting ability
  2. astuteness or sagacity
  3. eagerness or enthusiasm

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  1. sharpness or cutting ability
  2. astuteness or sagacity
  3. eagerness or enthusiasm

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• incisiveness

  1. The quality or state of being incisive; incisivity.

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  1. The quality or state of being incisive; incisivity.

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• edge

  1. A thin, sharpened side, as of the blade of a cutting instrument.
  2. The degree of sharpness of a cutting blade.
  3. A penetrating, incisive quality:

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  1. A thin, sharpened side, as of the blade of a cutting instrument.
  2. The degree of sharpness of a cutting blade.
  3. A penetrating, incisive quality:

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• bite

  1. To cut, grip, or tear with or as if with the teeth.
  2. To pierce the skin of with the teeth, fangs, or mouthparts.
  3. To sting with a stinger.

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  1. To cut, grip, or tear with or as if with the teeth.
  2. To pierce the skin of with the teeth, fangs, or mouthparts.
  3. To sting with a stinger.

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