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wounding remarks about her appearance Synonyms pointed slighting offensive insulting savage stinging maleficent mordacious Additional synonymsDefinition sharp in speech or manner a comedy told with compassion and acid humour Synonyms sharp, cutting, biting, severe, bitter, harsh, stinging, scathing, acrimonious, barbed, pungent, hurtful, sarcastic, sardonic, caustic, vitriolic, acerbic, trenchant, mordant, mordacious barbed comments Synonyms cutting, pointed, biting, critical, acid, hostile, nasty, harsh, savage, brutal, searing, withering, scathing, unkind, hurtful, belittling, sarcastic, caustic, scornful, vitriolic, trenchant, acrid, catty (informal), mordant, mordacious Definition showing or caused by hostility or resentment the scene of bitter fighting Synonyms grievous, hard, severe, distressing, fierce, harsh, cruel, savage, ruthless, dire, relentless, poignant, ferocious, galling, unrelenting, merciless, remorseless, gut-wrenching, vexatious, hard-hearted- would-be
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Additional synonymsDefinition bitter and sarcastic He was well known for his abrasive wit and caustic comments. Synonyms sarcastic, biting, keen, cutting, severe, stinging, scathing, acrimonious, pungent, vitriolic, trenchant, mordant, mordacious Definition deliberately causing pain without pity They should spend a long time in jail to reflect on their cruel acts.the persecution of prisoners by cruel captors Synonyms brutal, ruthless, callous, sadistic, inhumane, hard, fell (archaic), severe, harsh, savage, grim, vicious, relentless, murderous, monstrous, unnatural, unkind, heartless, atrocious, inhuman, merciless, cold-blooded, malevolent, hellish (informal), depraved, spiteful, brutish, bloodthirsty, remorseless, barbarous, pitiless, unfeeling, sanguinary, hard-hearted, stony-hearted, implacableDefinition (of a remark) likely to hurt the feelings People make cutting remarks to help themselves feel superior to others. Synonyms hurtful, wounding, severe, acid, bitter, malicious, scathing, acrimonious, barbed, sarcastic, sardonic, caustic, vitriolic, trenchant, pointed, mordacious Is the recycling process damaging to the environment? Synonyms harmful, detrimental, hurtful, ruinous, toxic, prejudicial, deleterious (formal), injurious, disadvantageousDefinition causing or capable of causing harm, damage, or injury the awesome destructive power of nuclear weapons Synonyms devastating, fatal, deadly, lethal, harmful, damaging, catastrophic, detrimental, hurtful, pernicious (formal), noxious, ruinous, calamitous, cataclysmic, baleful, deleterious (formal), injurious, baneful, maleficent the distressing symptoms of anxiety Synonyms upsetting, worrying, disturbing, painful, affecting, sad, afflicting, harrowing, grievous, hurtful, lamentable, heart-breaking, nerve-racking, gut-wrenching, distressful (literary) Definition very severe or painful He survived in spite of suffering grievous injuries. Synonyms severe, damaging, heavy, wounding, grave, painful, distressing, dreadful, harmful, afflicting, calamitous, injuriousDefinition causing or tending to cause harm, esp. to a person's health the harmful effects of smoking Synonyms damaging, dangerous, negative, evil, destructive, hazardous, unhealthy, detrimental, hurtful, toxic, pernicious (formal), noxious, baleful, deleterious (formal), injurious, unwholesome, disadvantageous, baneful, maleficent, toxic Definition causing harm Stress in itself is not necessarily injurious. Synonyms harmful, bad, damaging, corrupting, destructive, adverse, unhealthy, detrimental, hurtful, toxic, pernicious (formal), noxious, ruinous, deleterious (formal), iniquitous, disadvantageous, baneful (archaic), maleficent, unconducive She described the charges as malicious. Synonyms spiteful, malevolent, malignant, vicious, bitter, resentful, pernicious (formal), vengeful, bitchy (informal), hateful, baleful, injurious, rancorous, catty (informal), shrewish, ill-disposed, evil-minded, ill-naturedAdditional synonymsDefinition causing grave harm the pernicious effects of alcoholism Synonyms wicked, bad, damaging, dangerous, evil, offensive, fatal, deadly, destructive, harmful, toxic, poisonous, malicious, malign, malignant, detrimental, hurtful, malevolent, noxious, venomous, ruinous, baleful, deleterious (formal), injurious, noisome, baneful (archaic), pestilent, maleficent Definition harshly critical He then launched a scathing attack on previous leaders. Synonyms critical, cutting, biting, harsh, savage, brutal, searing, withering, belittling, sarcastic, caustic, scornful, vitriolic, trenchant, mordant, mordacious He could be spiteful. Synonyms malicious, nasty, vindictive, cruel, malignant, barbed, malevolent, venomous, bitchy (informal), snide, rancorous, catty (informal), splenetic, shrewish, ill-disposed, ill-naturedDefinition keen or incisive He was shattered by the trenchant criticism. Synonyms scathing, pointed, cutting, biting, sharp, keen, acute, severe, acid, penetrating, tart, pungent, incisive, hurtful, sarcastic, caustic, astringent, vitriolic, acerbic, piquant, mordant, acidulous, mordacious Definition unsympathetic or cruel He apologised for being unkind. Synonyms cruel, mean (informal), nasty, spiteful, harsh, malicious, insensitive, unfriendly, inhuman, unsympathetic, uncaring, thoughtless, unfeeling, inconsiderate, uncharitable, unchristian, hardhearted Definition (of language) severely bitter or harsh There was a vicious and vitriolic attack on him in the tabloids. Synonyms venomous, scathing, malicious, acid, bitter, destructive, withering, virulent, sardonic, caustic, bitchy (informal), acerbic, envenomed, dripping with malice |