Biting
['baɪtɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold; 'bitter cold'; 'a biting wind' .
Editor: Shanna--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bite
(a.) That bites; sharp; cutting; sarcastic; caustic.
Editor: Philip
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Pungent, piquant, hot, sharp, peppery, stinging, high-flavored, high-seasoned.[2]. Severe, sarcastic, cutting, caustic.[3]. Cold, freezing, nipping, piercing.
Editor: Rhoda
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Pungent, censorious, piercing, gnawing, sarcastic, sardonic, trenchant
ANT:Pleasant, genial, soothing, complacent, flattering
Inputed by Deborah
Examples
- It's simmering now, so I hope he'll keep out of my way, returned Jo, biting her lips as she glowered at Fred from under her big hat. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Sometimes I would meet him in the neighbourhood lounging about and biting his nails. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Then he was quiet, biting his arm, the stump of his leg twitching. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Young John looked hard at him, biting his fingers. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He paused a little, biting his lip. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He bit himself down on the mare like a keen edge biting home, and FORCED her round. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Mr. Guppy has been biting his thumb-nail during this dialogue, generally changing the thumb when he has changed the cross leg. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I could only sit down before my fire, biting the key of my carpet-bag, and think of the captivating, girlish, bright-eyed lovely Dora. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He threw out biting remarks on Lydgate's tricks, worthy only of a quack, to get himself a factitious reputation with credulous people. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He had replaced his neckerchief loosely, and had stood, keenly observant of me, biting a long end of it. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- By my faith, a biting jest! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Twelve year,' replied the cobbler, biting the end of his pipe as he spoke. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He took to biting the rosebuds now, and tearing them away from his teeth with a hand that trembled like an infirm old man's. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The officers looked towards the soldiers who looked at the fire; gave no orders; and answered, with shrugs and biting of lips, It must burn. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Certainly, he replied, biting his lips. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
Edited by Horace