biting
biting
Definition
bit·ing (bīt′iŋ)
adjective
- cutting; sharp
- sarcastic; caustic
bit′·ingly adverb
biting
Synonyms
biting
modif.
Acidulous
In the act of biting
seizing, wounding, abrading, piercing, puncturing, incising, lacerating, holding, tasting, masticating, mangling, nipping, nibbling, snapping, gnawing, munching, crunching, gripping, chewing, worrying, in the mouth, with teeth in, sinking teeth into, champing, chomping. Sarcastic
caustic, cutting, acrimonious, bitter; see sarcastic.
biting
Usage Examples
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- stop: It is misleading to state that not enough information is available on how to stop tail biting.
Modifies a noun
- midge: Clouds of biting midges can turn a pleasant walk into an ordeal.
- mouthpart: The virus is transmitted by various beetles with biting mouthparts.
- satire: A biting satire on the social aspiration, the play follows two women in their search for respectable husbands.
- sarcasm: However, Twain's biting sarcasm makes it a good book for adults too.
- insect: A new, much larger, biting insect is also suspected to have arrived in Scotland.
- wit: With biting wit, our line-up goes straight for the jugular.
Modifying Another Word
- back: ML: cos like the film The Player it comes across as a back biting sort of a place?
- not: Not biting, just flying the Lark flag on the Merlin site!
- really: I got off, and walked another few minutes in what was now really biting cold.
- sometimes: It's full of friendly and sometimes biting banter between the four of them but shows their camaraderie and respect for each other.
- no: If you do it every time, s/he will learn that if s/he wants to play there must be no biting.
Used with adjective complement
- nail: Open Water is a dramatic, nail biting filled movie.
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