biting

Synonyms

acerbic, acid, acidic, acrid, barbed, caustic, corrosive, cutting, mordant, pungent, sarcastic, sardonic, satiric (or satirical), scalding, scathing, sharp, smart-aleck, smart-alecky, tart;

Near Antonyms

amusing, droll, merry, playful, sportive, waggish;

gentle, mild;

bland;

good-humored, good-natured;

diplomatic, polite, smooth, suave, urbane;

affable, cordial, genial, gracious, hospitable, sociable;

Related Words

brisk, cross, sharp-tongued, sour, sourish, spiky (also spikey), tartish;

incisive, keen, poignant, trenchant;

cynical, dry, ironic (also ironical), wry;

facetious, flippant, tongue-in-cheek;

acrimonious, bitter, resentful, vitriolic;

harsh, rough, severe, stringent;

abrupt, blunt, brusque (also brusk), concise, crisp, curt, gruff, pithy, snippety, snippy, succinct, terse;

backhanded, insincere;