biting

Meanings

Verb

• to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
• cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
• penetrate or cut, as with a knife
• deliver a sting to

Adjective Satellite

• capable of wounding
  • "a biting aphorism"
• causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold
  • "a biting wind"

Synonyms

barbed, bite, bitter, burn, mordacious, nipping, prick, pungent, seize with teeth, sting