lancinant
French → English
(medicine) Throbbing: describing a sharp, pulsating physical pain that returns in waves.
Elle ressent une douleur lancinante à la tempe depuis ce matin.
(English) She has been feeling a throbbing pain in her temple since this morning.
Le patient se plaint d'élancements lancinants dans sa jambe après l'opération.
(English) The patient complains of sharp, stabbing pains in his leg after the surgery.
(metaphor) Haunting: describing a persistent, nagging, or obsessive thought or memory.
Il est hanté par le souvenir lancinant de cet échec cuisant.
(English) He is haunted by the nagging memory of that bitter failure.
Une question lancinante me trotte dans la tête : pourquoi est-il parti ?
(English) A haunting question keeps running through my mind: why did he leave?
Entry ID: fr:en:lancinant · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary