Read the dictionary definition of stabbing. All definitions for this word.
1. painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
1. a cutting wind
2. keen winds
3. knifelike cold
4. piercing knifelike pains
5. piercing cold
6. piercing criticism
7. a stabbing pain
8. lancinating pain
2. causing physical or especially psychological injury
1. a stabbing remark
2. wounding and false charges of disloyalty