Synonyms for biting
ˈbaɪ tɪŋbit·ing

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1. biting

   Acid, sour, and bitter agree in being contrasted with sweet, but the two former are sharply distinguished from the latter. Acid or sour is the taste of vinegar or lemon-juice; bitter that of quassia, quinine, or strychnine. Acrid is nearly allied to bitter. Pungent suggests the effect of pepper or snuff on the organs of taste or smell; as, a pungent odor. Caustic indicates the corroding effect of some strong chemical, as nitrate of silver. In a figurative sense, as applied to language or character, these words are very closely allied. We say a sour face, sharp words, bitter complaints, caustic wit, cutting irony, biting sarcasm, a stinging taunt, harsh judgment, a tart reply. Harsh carries the idea of intentional and severe unkindness, bitter of a severity that arises from real or supposed ill treatment. The bitter speech springs from the sore heart. Tart and sharp utterances may not proceed from an intention to wound, but merely from a wit recklessly keen; cutting, stinging, and biting speech indicates more or less of hostile intent, the latter being the more deeply malicious. The caustic utterance is meant to burn, perhaps wholesomely, as in the satire of Juvenal or Cervantes. Compare MOROSE.

   Synonyms:
   acerb, acetous, acid, acidulated, acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, bitter, caustic, cutting, harsh, irate, pungent, savage, sharp, sour, stinging, tart, vinegarish, virulent

   Antonyms:
   dulcet, honeyed, luscious, nectared, saccharine, sweet

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1. biting

   Synonyms:
   pungent, censorious, piercing, gnawing, sarcastic, sardonic, trenchant

   Antonyms:
   pleasant, genial, soothing, complacent, flattering

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1. barbed, biting, nipping, pungent, mordaciousadjective

   capable of wounding

   "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"

   Synonyms:
   briary, nipping, prickly, barbed, setose, mordacious, snappy, crisp, pungent, burred, nippy, bristly, barbellate, setaceous, briery, thorny, acrid, burry, bitter, spiny, bristled, frosty

   Antonyms:
   unsarcastic, painless

2. biting, bitteradjective

   causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold

   "bitter cold"; "a biting wind"

   Synonyms:
   virulent, nipping, barbed, vitriolic, mordacious, acerbic, sulphurous, acrimonious, caustic, acrid, sulfurous, blistering, acid, pungent, bitter, acerb

   Antonyms:
   unsarcastic, painless

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1. bitingadjective

   Synonyms:
   pungent, piquant, hot, sharp, peppery, stinging, high-flavored, high-seasoned

2. bitingadjective

   Synonyms:
   severe, sarcastic, cutting, caustic

3. bitingadjective

   Synonyms:
   cold, freezing, nipping, piercing

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1. bitingadjective

   Synonyms:
   stinging, sharp, cutting, sarcastic, caustic, scathing, bitter, satirical, pungent, piquant, nipping, blasting, erosive, corrosive, acrid, mordant

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1. Drew Pinsky:

   But we don’t need to be aggressive with our kids, and I’m afraid that we’ve sort of lose track of that line and we end up getting aggressive with kids and we end up with aggressive kids. I mean, if we were aggressive with a dog and the dog ended up biting people, would we be surprised?

2. Dan Herbert:

   The school called the police because they were required to make a report, they lied. They said this kid was biting, scratching, kicking other kids. It didn't happen.

3. Abdul Hadi:

   There is a great difference between our son being born in his country and born here in such a miserable conditions and this cold weather. The cold is biting for us, let alone for a newborn, tAKE THEM BACK.

4. Austin O'Malley:

   Revenge is often like biting a dog because the dog bit you.

5. Sven Behrendt:

   It doesn't make sense to bite into the capital of a fund for stabilization purposes – you should just withdraw monies equivalent to the investment return, the moment you are biting into the capital, you are challenging the very purpose of long-term savings funds.