biting

  • (s) capable of wounding
    • a barbed compliment
    • a biting aphorism
    • pungent satire
    barbed, mordacious, nipping, pungent,
  • (s) causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold
    • bitter cold
    • a biting wind
    bitter,

Synonyms

barbed mordacious nipping pungent bitter

Words of close approximity

Bitis
biting louse bitingly biting midge