biting

bit·ing  (btng)

adj.

1. Causing a stinging sensation; nipping: biting cold.

2. Capable of gripping and affecting or wounding; cutting: a biting aphorism. See Synonyms at incisive.

3. Of or relating to insects and certain other animals that wound the skin with a sting, mouthparts, or fangs.

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biting·ly adv.

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biting

Adjective

1. piercing; keen: a biting wind

2. sarcastic; incisive

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	biting - capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire" barbed, mordacious, nipping, pungent sarcastic - expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds
	2.	biting - causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold; "bitter cold"; "a biting wind" bitter painful - causing physical or psychological pain; "worked with painful slowness"

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biting

adjective 1. piercing, cutting, cold, sharp, freezing, frozen, bitter, raw, chill, harsh, penetrating, arctic, nipping, icy, blighting, chilly, wintry, gelid, cold as ice

adjective 2. sarcastic, cutting, sharp, severe, stinging, withering, scathing, acrimonious, incisive, virulent, caustic, vitriolic, trenchant, mordant, mordacious

Translations

biting [ˈbaɪtɪŋ] adj [wind] → que traspasa los huesos; [criticism] → mordaz

biting [ˈbaɪtɪŋ] adj → mordant(e)

biting [ˈbaɪtɪŋ] adj (wind) → schneidend;

(wit) → scharf

biting [ˈbaɪtɪŋ] adj → pungente