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Biting

Biting Meaning & Definition
Biting Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Biting?

[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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Biting: barbed | bitter | mordacious | nipping | painful | pungent | sarcastic

Related Terms | Find terms related to Biting: 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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Biting In Webster's Dictionary

\Bit"ing\, a. That bites; sharp; cutting; sarcastic; caustic. ``A biting affliction.'' ``A biting jest.'' --Shak.

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