[
UK
/bˈaɪtɪŋ/
]
[ US /ˈbaɪtɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈbaɪtɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold
bitter cold
bitter cold
a biting wind -
capable of wounding
a biting aphorism
a barbed compliment
pungent satire
How To Use biting In A Sentence
- Either the recession is biting harder than I had realised or a lot of people are confused about the boundaries between fact and fiction.
- There's to be no biting, kicking, rearing or foolery, understand?
- Flakes with concavities exhibiting steep, unifacial retouch were used to whittle or plane wood, and flakes displaying spurs were used to incise bone or antler.
- If the adventurers try to reach location 14 they will have to pass scores of biting faces and clutching hands.
- He advised people against indulging in backbiting.
- I have been cohabiting with my partner for over five years.
- But it means you get this style of performance across the board that is people inhabiting characters rather than pretending to be people. Times, Sunday Times
- An orbiting satellite picked up a distress signal from the ship's emergency beacon, standard equipment on all modern boats.
- As his reputation declined, the sculptor retreated to his studio and stopped exhibiting.
- 'Mmm, this cream cheese is delicious,' announced the girl next to me, biting into her croissant with vigor.
