Stab

//stæb//

Synonyms for "stab" (356 found)

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Closest matches (72)

Verb(27 words)

jab foin shiv asperse assassinate backbite badmouth befoul belibel besmear besmirch bewray blacken blame blaze blemish blot blur calumniate calumny

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chat shit chat shite chef chib ching chive cloud

jab knife pang shot abrade abrasion ache acute pain afflict aggrieve agonize ail anguish approach assay attempt auger barb the dart bark bayonet

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betray betrayal bid bite blemish blind guess bloody bold conjecture bore boring pain break broach bruise burn chafe charley horse check chip claw concussion conjecture convulse countersink crack crackle

Strong matches (106)

Related words (178)

lick lunge maim make mincemeat of martyr martyrize maul mortal wound move mutilate mutilation needle nip offer pain paroxysm pass penetrate perforate perhaps

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Verb(45 words)

malign monsterize muddy pigstick pink poach poke prod reproach revile run through scandal shank shave shit talk shit-talk slag slander smear smirch

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spatter speak ill of spear speet splash spot stain stick stob stog sully talk shit talk shite talk trash tarnish thrust torch traduce trash-talk unflatter vilify vilipend villainize wrong yerk

Noun(5 words)

pang punt shot thrust twinge

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

10 relation types

More general

14 entries

attack attempt blow effort endeavor endeavour feeling harm impale injure kill thrust try wound

More specific

9 entries

bayonet blade dagger dirk knife kris lance pike poniard

Synonyms

4 entries

jab knife pang shot

coordinate

1 entries

cut

derived

24 entries

backstabbing brain-stabbing have a stab have a stab at stab a guess stab binding stab cell stab in the back stab in the dark stab pass stab stitch stab vest stab wound stab yourself and pass the dagger stab-rag stabbee

Showing 16 of 24 words.

has context

3 entries

fandom slang music pokémon

is a

1 entries

blow

manner of

1 entries

thrust

motivated by_goal

1 entries

have no gun

related to

26 entries

attempt bacterial boost chord composition criticism culture dagger finger inoculate knife move object pierce pointed pokémon

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Translations

255 translations across 73 languages.

Aklanon

1 entries

buno' verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Albanian

2 entries

prerje noun (wound made by stabbing)
ther noun (act of stabbing)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

νύσσω verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Arabic

3 entries

طَعْن noun (act of stabbing)
طَعْنَة noun (wound made by stabbing)
طَعَنَ verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Armenian

1 entries

խոցել verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Assamese

2 entries

খোঁচা noun (act of stabbing)
হেঁচা noun (act of stabbing)

Asturian

2 entries

puñalada noun (act of stabbing)
apuñalar verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

bıcaqlamaq verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Bulgarian

4 entries

опит noun (attempt)
прободна рана noun (wound made by stabbing)
промушване noun (act of stabbing)
пробождам verb (to recklessly hit with the tip of a pointed object)

Burmese

1 entries

ထိုး verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Catalan

4 entries

ganivetada noun (act of stabbing)
ganivetada noun (wound made by stabbing)
punyalada noun (act of stabbing)
punyalada noun (wound made by stabbing)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎦᏘᎭ verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Chickasaw

2 entries

baafa verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)
baafa verb (to recklessly hit with the tip of a pointed object)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

插 verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

刺 verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Czech

4 entries

bodnutí noun (act of stabbing)
bodnutí noun (wound made by stabbing)
bodnout verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)
pobodat verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Danish

1 entries

stikke verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Dutch

4 entries

aanval noun (criticism)
kritiek noun (criticism)
poging noun (attempt)
steek noun (act of stabbing)

Esperanto

1 entries

piko noun (act of stabbing)

Finnish

4 entries

pisto noun (act of stabbing)
pisto noun (pain inflicted on a person's feelings)
pistohaava noun (wound made by stabbing)
pistäminen noun (act of stabbing)

French

3 entries

percée noun (act of stabbing)
frapper d'un coup de couteau verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)
poignarder verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Galician

4 entries

coitelada noun (act of stabbing)
coitelada noun (wound made by stabbing)
puñalada noun (act of stabbing)
puñalada noun (wound made by stabbing)

German

4 entries

Stich noun (act of stabbing)
Stichwunde noun (wound made by stabbing)
erstechen verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)
niederstechen verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Greek

1 entries

μαχαιρώνω verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Hebrew

1 entries

דָּקַר verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Hindi

1 entries

भोंकना verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Hungarian

4 entries

bök verb (to recklessly hit with the tip of a pointed object)
döf verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)
nyilallik verb (to cause a sharp painful sensation)
szúr verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Ilocano

3 entries

bagkong noun (act of stabbing)
bagkong noun (wound made by stabbing)
bangig noun (wound made by stabbing)

Indonesian

2 entries

tikam noun (act of stabbing)
tikam verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Irish

4 entries

rop noun (act of stabbing)
sá noun (act of stabbing)
rop verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)
sáigh verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Italian

4 entries

coltellata noun (wound made by stabbing)
pugnalata noun (act of stabbing)
pugnalata noun (wound made by stabbing)
accoltellare verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Japanese

1 entries

刺す verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Javanese

1 entries

nyuduk verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Kashubian

1 entries

pchac verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Latgalian

1 entries

dūrt noun (act of stabbing)

Latin

4 entries

ictus noun (act of stabbing)
confodio verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)
fodio verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)
ico verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Latvian

1 entries

durt noun (act of stabbing)

Lithuanian

2 entries

durti noun (act of stabbing)
badyti verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

štapaś verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Malay

3 entries

penikaman noun (act of stabbing)
tikaman noun (wound made by stabbing)
tikam verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Marathi

1 entries

भोसकणे verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Māori

2 entries

oka verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)
pūmuka verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Northern Sami

1 entries

čugget verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Norwegian

4 entries

stikk noun (act of stabbing)
stikk noun (wound made by stabbing)
stikk noun (pain inflicted on a person's feelings)
stikk noun (criticism)

Old English

1 entries

stingan verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Old Javanese

1 entries

suduk verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Persian

2 entries

خنجر زدن noun (act of stabbing)
خلاندن verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Polabian

2 entries

ai̯büst verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)
büst verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Polish

3 entries

dźgnięcie noun (act of stabbing)
dźgnięcie noun (wound made by stabbing)
kłuć verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Portuguese

4 entries

facada noun (act of stabbing)
facada noun (wound made by stabbing)
punhalada noun (act of stabbing)
punhalada noun (wound made by stabbing)

Quechua

2 entries

t'uksiy noun (wound made by stabbing)
t'urpuy verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Rapa Nui

1 entries

oka verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Rarotongan

1 entries

oka verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Romanian

3 entries

a da o lovitură de cuțit verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)
străpunge verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)
înjunghia verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Romansch

2 entries

cuntellar verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)
stilettar verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Russian

4 entries

киль noun (aircraft stabilizer, fin)
ко́лкость noun (pain inflicted on a person's feelings)
ко́лотая ра́на noun (wound made by stabbing)
кри́тика noun (criticism)

Santali

1 entries

ᱨᱳᱜ verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

bosti verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)
бости verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Spanish

4 entries

acuchillamiento noun (act of stabbing)
cuchillada noun (act of stabbing)
cuchillada noun (wound made by stabbing)
estocada noun (act of stabbing)

Sranan Tongo

2 entries

dyuku noun (act of stabbing)
dyuku verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Sundanese

1 entries

tewek noun (act of stabbing)

Swedish

3 entries

hugg noun (act of stabbing)
stick noun (act of stabbing)
sticka verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Tagalog

3 entries

saksak noun (act of stabbing)
saksak noun (wound made by stabbing)
saksak verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Tamil

4 entries

குத்து noun (act of stabbing)
முயற்சி noun (attempt)
விமர்சனம் noun (criticism)
அடி verb (to cause a sharp painful sensation)

Thai

3 entries

การแทง noun (act of stabbing)
เสียบ verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)
แทง verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Turkish

2 entries

bıçaklamak verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)
şişlemek verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Ukrainian

2 entries

кри́тика noun (criticism)
спро́ба noun (attempt)

Unami

2 entries

tànkama verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)
tànkamën verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Vietnamese

1 entries

đâm verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Welsh

2 entries

gwanu verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)
trywanu verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Woiwurrung

1 entries

borr-gi verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Yiddish

1 entries

שטעכן verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Zealandic

1 entries

steke verb (to pierce or wound with pointed object)

Sample sentences

30 total sentences available.

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I'm a thief, I'll go back when I've taken the stuff. Report me and I'll stab you.

Source: tatoeba (327992)

There's no telling when she'll stab you in the back.

Source: tatoeba (328467)

Scissors are meant for cutting but can also be used to stab.

Source: tatoeba (553396)

Stab everyone.

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