Meaning of BITING
| Pronunciation: | | 'bIting
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- [adj] causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold; "bitter cold"; "a biting wind"
- [adj] capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"
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| | Synonyms: | | barbed, bitter, mordacious, nipping, painful, pungent, sarcastic |
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| | Definition: | | \Bit"ing\, a.
That bites; sharp; cutting; sarcastic; caustic. ``A biting
affliction.'' ``A biting jest.'' --Shak.
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| | Related Terms: | | acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulent, acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, acute, afflictive, agonizing, algid, arctic, asperous, astringent, atrocious, Attic, below zero, bitter, bitterly cold, bleak, boreal, brilliant, brisk, brumal, caustic, clear-cut, clever, cold, cold as charity, cold as death, cold as ice, cold as marble, corroding, corrosive, cramping, crisp, cruel, cutting, distressing, double-edged, driving, droll, edged, effective, escharotic, excruciating, facetious, fierce, forceful, forcible, freezing, freezing cold, frigid, funny, gelid, glacial, gnawing, grave, griping, gutsy, hard, harrowing, harsh, hibernal, hiemal, humorous, humorsome, hurtful, hurting, hyperborean, ice-cold, ice-encrusted, icelike, icy, imperative, impressive, incisive, inclement, ingoing, irritating, jesting, jocose, jocular, joking, joky, joshing, keen, keen-witted, mordacious, mordant, nervous, nimble-witted, nipping, nippy, nose-tickling, numbing, painful, paroxysmal, penetrating, piercing, pinching, piquant, poignant, pointed, powerful, punchy, pungent, quick-witted, racking, rapier-like, raw, rigorous, rough, salt, salty, scathing, scintillating, scorching, sensational, severe, sharp, shooting, Siberian, sinewed, sinewy, slashing, sleety, slushy, smart, snappy, sour, sparkling, spasmatic, spasmic, spasmodic, sprightly, stabbing, stinging, stone-cold, strident, striking, stringent, strong, subzero, supercooled, tart, telling, tormenting, torturous, trenchant, vehement, vigorous, violent, virulent, vital, vitriolic, whimsical, winterbound, winterlike, wintery, wintry, withering, witty |
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