Antonyms for cutting
ˈkʌt ɪŋcut·ting

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1. cuttingadjective

   That is used for cutting.

   I need some sort of cutting utensil to get through this shrink wrap.

   Synonyms:
   cut

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1. cutting

   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.

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

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cutting

   Antonyms:
   mild, conciliatory, complimentary, soothing, flattering, indulgent, consoling, gratifying

   Synonyms:
   sharp, biting, mordant, trenchant, piercing, bitter, sarcastic, provoking, stinging, sardonic, exasperating, satirical, severe, disappointing, cruel

Matched Categories

1. • Creating By Removal
   • Dilution
   • Excerpt
   • Part
   • Stem

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. film editing, cuttingnoun

   the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film

   Antonyms:
   kind, dull, hot

   Synonyms:
   clipping, thinning, cutting off, film editing, slip, press clipping, cut, carving, newspaper clipping, press cutting

2. cutting, slipnoun

   a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting

   Antonyms:
   hot, kind, dull

   Synonyms:
   berth, film editing, parapraxis, trip, case, faux pas, pillowcase, miscue, press clipping, gaffe, slickness, slipperiness, elusion, cut, mooring, press cutting, cutting off, slick, chemise, thinning, teddy, sideslip, clipping, eluding, shimmy, moorage, gaucherie, slip, skid, slip of paper, shift, newspaper clipping, pillow slip, solecism, carving, strip, slip-up

3. cut, cuttingnoun

   the act of cutting something into parts

   "his cuts were skillful"; "his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess"

   Antonyms:
   dull, kind, hot

   Synonyms:
   gash, press clipping, clipping, cold shoulder, press cutting, slip, film editing, slash, newspaper clipping, cut, swing, deletion, carving, thinning, cutting off, excision, baseball swing, track, undercut, cut of meat, snub, slice, stinger

4. cuttingnoun

   a piece cut off from the main part of something

   Antonyms:
   dull, hot, kind

   Synonyms:
   clipping, cutting off, film editing, slip, press clipping, cut, newspaper clipping, carving, thinning, press cutting

5. clipping, newspaper clipping, press clipping, cutting, press cuttingnoun

   an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine

   "he searched through piles of letters and clippings"

   Antonyms:
   kind, hot, dull

   Synonyms:
   clipping, clip, cut, snip, trimming, film editing, slip, press clipping, press cutting, carving, cutting off, thinning, newspaper clipping, trim

6. carving, cuttingnoun

   removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape

   Antonyms:
   dull, hot, kind

   Synonyms:
   clipping, thinning, cutting off, film editing, slip, press clipping, cut, sculpture, carving, newspaper clipping, press cutting

7. cut, cuttingnoun

   the division of a deck of cards before dealing

   "he insisted that we give him the last cut before every deal"; "the cutting of the cards soon became a ritual"

   Antonyms:
   hot, dull, kind

   Synonyms:
   gash, press clipping, clipping, cold shoulder, press cutting, slip, film editing, slash, newspaper clipping, cut, swing, deletion, carving, thinning, cutting off, excision, baseball swing, track, undercut, cut of meat, snub, slice, stinger

8. cut, cuttingnoun

   the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge

   "his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels"

   Antonyms:
   dull, hot, kind

   Synonyms:
   gash, press clipping, clipping, cold shoulder, press cutting, slip, film editing, slash, newspaper clipping, cut, swing, deletion, carving, thinning, cutting off, excision, baseball swing, track, undercut, cut of meat, snub, slice, stinger

9. cutting, thinningnoun

   the act of diluting something

   "the cutting of whiskey with water"; "the thinning of paint with turpentine"

   Antonyms:
   hot, kind, dull

   Synonyms:
   clipping, cutting off, film editing, slip, press clipping, cut, newspaper clipping, carving, thinning, press cutting

10. cut, cutting, cutting offadjective

    the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends

    "the barber gave him a good cut"

    Antonyms:
    kind, dull, hot

    Synonyms:
    gash, abscission, press clipping, clipping, cold shoulder, press cutting, slip, film editing, slash, newspaper clipping, cut, swing, deletion, carving, thinning, cutting off, excision, baseball swing, track, undercut, cut of meat, snub, slice, stinger

11. cutting, edged, stingingadjective

    (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character

    "cutting remarks"; "edged satire"; "a stinging comment"

    Antonyms:
    kind, hot, dull

    Synonyms:
    keen, piercing, edged, stabbing, knifelike, raw, stinging, lancinate, lancinating, bleak

12. bleak, cutting, rawadjective

    unpleasantly cold and damp

    "bleak winds of the North Atlantic"

    Antonyms:
    kind, dull, hot

    Synonyms:
    sensitive, tender, bare-assed, new, sore, bare-ass, bare, raw, lancinating, stinging, black, unsanded, natural, peeled, stark naked, desolate, dim, piercing, in the altogether, naked as a jaybird, in the raw, crude, lancinate, knifelike, keen, edged, barren, raw(a), rude(a), naked, bleak, stabbing, stark, in the buff

13. cutting, keen, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinatingadjective

    painful as if caused by a sharp instrument

    "a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "lancinating pain"

    Antonyms:
    dull, kind, hot

    Synonyms:
    slap-up, cracking, neat, sharp, lancinating, wounding, incisive, peachy, swell, knifelike, corking, bully, keen, dandy, nifty, smashing, not bad(p), raw, discriminating, bang-up, acute, groovy, lancinate, stinging, edged, exquisite, penetrating, piercing, bleak, great, stabbing, penetrative

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1. cuttingadjective

   Synonyms:
   incisive, sharp, keen, trenchant, penetrating, nipping, biting, sarcastic, satirical, caustic, acrimonious, mordacious, secant

2. cuttingnoun

   Synonyms:
   incision, felling, amputation, cleavage, truncation, curtailment, celotomy, dissection, scarification, slashing, cropping, slip, scion, clipping

   Associated words:
   sectile, sectility, insecable

How to use cutting in a sentence?

1. James Clyburn:

   What I try to do is demonstrate by precept and example how we are to proceed as a party, when I spoke out against sloganeering, like ‘ burn, baby, burn ’ in the 1960s and ‘ defund the police,' which I think is cutting the throats of the party, I know exactly where my constituents are. They are against that, and I ’m against that. The House majority whip, who has repeatedly voiced concerns against calls to reduce police funding, made similar comments in November when he told Axios that Democrats struggled in the 2020 elections.

2. John McCain:

   It’s not enough funding, and they’re cutting necessary programs, and they still don’t have a strategy, other than that, it’s fine.

3. George Ratiu:

   Many sellers are recognizing the shift in market conditions and are responding by cutting their asking prices, these changes are coinciding with the time of the year when buyers have historically found the best market conditions to find a bargain.

4. Josh Graves:

   Pemex, Mexico's largest oil company, coming out and cutting off some of the supply could have given the market a bit of a jolt here.

5. Pere Suau-Sanchez:

   We have seen how in Europe low-cost airlines such as Ryanair have dropped routes to low-margin secondary cities and started to fly to major airports in an attempt to move upmarket, at the same time, cost-cutting businesses, particularly small and medium sized firms, have eagerly embraced low-cost air travel.

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