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1. Capable of wounding
   "a biting aphorism";
   - barbed, nipping, pungent, mordacious
    
2. Causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold
   "a biting wind";
   - bitter

1. To grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
   "Gunny invariably tried to bite her";
   - seize with teeth
    
2. Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
   "The sun bit his face";
   - sting, burn
    
3. Penetrate or cut, as with a knife
   "The fork bit into the surface"
    
4. Deliver a sting to
   "A bee bit my arm yesterday";
   - sting, prick

Sounds like: bighting

See also: painful, sarcastic, sarky [Brit, informal]

Type of: ache, grip, hurt, pierce, smart

Encyclopedia: Biting