bitingadjective
uk/ˈbaɪ.tɪŋ/us/ˈbaɪ.t̬ɪŋ/biting adjective (COLD)
used to describe weather that is extremely cold, especially when it causes you physical pain:
a biting wind
biting cold
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Cold
- be (as) cold as ice idiom
- bitter
- bitterly
- bone-chilling
- chill
- cooling
- freeze
- freezing
- frigid
- frigid zone
- frostbite
- ice-cold
- icy
- nip
- occluded front
- perished
- raw
- stone-cold
- windchill
- wintry
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biting adjective (CRITICAL)
disapproving used to describe words or people that criticize someone or something, usually in an unkind way:
He made some biting remarks about the whole occasion.
a biting wit
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Unkind, cruel & unfeeling
- acerbic
- acidly
- backbite
- backbiting
- backhanded
- barbaric
- bilious
- cruelty
- cutthroat
- fiendish
- hard-hearted
- have a heart of stone idiom
- malign
- pitiless
- remorseless
- ruthless
- sadism
- sadist
- unsympathetic
- waspish
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