biting as an adjective: - 1
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biting
adjective
1 biting
Capable of wounding:
— A biting aphorism.
synonyms: barbed, mordacious, nipping, pungent.
Roget 392:
pungent,
strong;
high-,
full-flavored;
high-tasted,
high-seasoned;
gamy,
sharp,
stinging,
rough,
piquant,
racy;
biting,
mordant;
spicy;
seasoned
etc.
v.;
hot,
hot as pepper;
peppery,
vellicating†,
escharotic†,
meracious†;
acrid,
acrimonious,
bitter;
rough
etc.
(sour)
397;
unsavory
etc.
395.
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Roget 932:
disapproving
etc.
v.;
scandalized.
disparaging,
condemnatory,
damnatory†,
denunciatory,
reproachful,
abusive,
objurgatory†,
clamorous,
vituperative;
defamatory
etc.
934.
satirical,
sarcastic,
sardonic,
cynical,
dry,
sharp,
cutting,
biting,
severe,
withering,
trenchant,
hard upon;
censorious,
critical,
captious,
carping,
hypercritical;
fastidious
etc.
868;
sparing of praise,
grudging praise.
disapproved,
chid
etc.
v.;
in bad odor,
blown upon,
unapproved;
unblest†;
at a discount,
exploded;
weighed in the balance and found wanting.
blameworthy,
reprehensible
etc.
(guilt)
947;
to blame,
worthy of blame;
answerable,
uncommendable,
exceptionable,
not to be thought of;
bad
etc.
649;
vicious
etc.
945.
unlamented,
unbewailed†,
unpitied†.
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Polish: kąśliwy
2 biting
Causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold:
— A biting wind.
synonym: bitter.
Roget 830:
causing pain,
hurting
etc.
v.;
hurtful
etc.
(bad)
649;
painful;
dolorific†,
dolorous;
unpleasant;
unpleasing,
displeasing;
disagreeable,
unpalatable,
bitter,
distasteful;
uninviting;
unwelcome;
undesirable,
undesired;
obnoxious;
unacceptable,
unpopular,
thankless.
unsatisfactory,
untoward,
unlucky,
uncomfortable.
distressing;
afflicting,
afflictive;
joyless,
cheerless,
comfortless;
dismal,
disheartening;
depressing,
depressive;
dreary,
melancholy,
grievous,
piteous;
woeful,
rueful,
mournful,
deplorable,
pitiable,
lamentable;
sad,
affecting,
touching,
pathetic.
irritating,
provoking,
stinging,
annoying,
aggravating,
mortifying,
galling;
unaccommodating,
invidious,
vexatious;
troublesome,
tiresome,
irksome,
wearisome;
plaguing,
plaguy†;
awkward.
importunate;
teasing,
pestering,
bothering,
harassing,
worrying,
tormenting,
carking.
intolerable,
insufferable,
insupportable;
unbearable,
unendurable;
past bearing;
not to be borne,
not to be endured;
more than flesh and blood can bear;
enough to drive one mad,
enough to provoke a saint,
enough to make a parson swear,
enough to gag a maggot.
shocking,
terrific,
grim,
appalling,
crushing;
dreadful,
fearful,
frightful;
thrilling,
tremendous,
dire;
heart-breaking,
heart-rending,
heart-wounding,
heart-corroding,
heart-sickening;
harrowing,
rending.
odious,
hateful,
execrable,
repulsive,
repellent,
abhorrent;
horrid,
horrible,
horrific,
horrifying;
offensive.
nauseous,
nauseating;
disgusting,
sickening,
revolting;
nasty;
loathsome,
loathful†;
fulsome;
vile
etc.
(bad)
649;
hideous
etc.
846.
sharp,
acute,
sore,
severe,
grave,
hard,
harsh,
cruel,
biting,
caustic;
cutting,
corroding,
consuming,
racking,
excruciating,
searching,
grinding,
grating,
agonizing;
envenomed;
catheretic†,
pyrotic [Med.].
ruinous,
disastrous,
calamitous,
tragical;
desolating,
withering;
burdensome,
onerous,
oppressive;
cumbrous,
cumbersome.
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Roget 895:
discourteous,
uncourteous†;
uncourtly†;
ill-bred,
ill-mannered,
ill-behaved,
ill-conditioned;
unbred;
unmannerly,
unmannered;
impolite,
unpolite†;
unpolished,
uncivilized,
ungenteel;
ungentleman-like,
ungentlemanly;
unladylike;
blackguard;
vulgar
etc.
851;
dedecorous†;
foul-mouthed foul-spoken;
abusive.
uncivil,
ungracious,
unceremonious;
cool;
pert,
forward,
obtrusive,
impudent,
rude,
saucy,
precocious.
repulsive;
uncomplaisant†,
unaccommodating,
unneighborly,
ungallant;
inaffable†;
ungentle,
ungainly;
rough,
rugged,
bluff,
blunt,
gruff;
churlish,
boorish,
bearish;
brutal,
brusque;
stern,
harsh,
austere;
cavalier.
taint,
sour,
crabbed,
sharp,
short,
trenchant,
sarcastic,
biting,
doggish,
caustic,
virulent,
bitter,
acrimonious,
venomous,
contumelious;
snarling
etc.
v.;
surly,
surly as a bear;
perverse;
grim,
sullen
etc.
901.1;
peevish
etc.
(irascible)
901.
untactful,
impolitic,
undiplomatic;
artless
etc.
703;
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Roget 383:
cold,
cool;
chill,
chilly;
icy;
gelid,
frigid,
algid†;
fresh,
keen,
bleak,
raw,
inclement,
bitter,
biting,
niveous†,
cutting,
nipping,
piercing,
pinching;
clay-cold;
starved
etc.
(made cold)
385;
chilled to the bone,
shivering
etc.
v.;
aguish,
transi de froid [Fr.];
frostbitten,
frost-bound,
frost-nipped.
cold as a stone,
cold as marble,
cold as lead,
cold as iron,
cold as a frog,
cold as charity,
cold as Christmas;
cool as a cucumber,
cool as custard.
icy,
glacial,
frosty,
freezing,
pruinose†,
wintry,
brumal†,
hibernal†,
boreal,
arctic,
Siberian,
hyemal†;
hyperborean,
hyperboreal†;
icebound;
frozen out.
unwarmed†,
unthawed†;
lukewarm,
tepid;
isocheimal†,
isocheimenal†,
isocheimic†.
frozen,
numb,
frost-bitten.
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Roget 401a:
acrid,
biting,
astringent,
sharp,
harsh;
bitter
etc.
392.2.
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Sound
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SOUND IN GENERAL
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