biting

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.

bitingly bit'ing·ly adv.

adjective

So sharp as to cause mental pain: acerbic, acid, acidic, acrid, astringent, caustic, corrosive, cutting, mordacious, mordant, pungent, scathing, sharp, slashing, stinging, trenchant, truculent, vitriolic. See attack/defend, respect/contempt/standing.

adj

Definition: piercing, sharp
Antonyms: bland, calm, mild

adj

Definition: sarcastic
Antonyms: kind, nice, sweet

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Pertaining to the characteristic behavior of performing a bite.

• b. louse — see species of the insect suborder mallophaga.
• b. midge — insects of the family ceratopogonidae. Called also punkies, no-see-ums, sandflies.
• b. pattern — the pattern of distribution of bites, or of diseases transmitted by insect bites, which may suggest the identity of the biter.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - bide-

Nederlands (Dutch)
guur, bijtend, gemeen, venijnig, scherp, cynisch

Français (French)
adj. - âpre, perçant, mordant, dur, rude (un hiver), piquant, cinglant, (fig) mordant, caustique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - rauh, beißend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - δηκτικός, δριμύς, καυστικός, οδυνηρός, τσουχτερός

Italiano (Italian)
inclemente, pungente, mordace

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - mordente, cortante, penetrante

Русский (Russian)
резкий, пронизывающий, едкий, циничный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - crudo, cortante, penetrante, mordaz, punzante

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - bitande, stickande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
尖锐刺人的, 辛辣的, 刺痛的, 嘲讽的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 尖銳刺人的, 辛辣的, 刺痛的, 嘲諷的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 살에 에는 듯한, 찌르는 듯한, 부식성의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - かむ, 鋭い, 痛烈な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) لاذع, قارص‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮עוקצני, שנון, חד‬

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