Definition: causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold
Usage: bitter cold; a biting wind
Similar words: painful
Definition: causing physical or psychological pain
Usage: worked with painful slowness
Synonyms: nipping, mordacious, biting, barbed, pungent
Definition: capable of wounding
Usage: a barbed compliment; a biting aphorism; pungent satire
Similar words: sarcastic
Definition: expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds