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adjective

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as in bitter
causing intense discomfort to one's skin a biting wind that only the toughest football fans were willing to endure

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as in sarcastic
marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings the biting comments by the pundits about the government's inaction

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biting

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verb

present participle of bite, informal + sometimes impolite
as in sucking
to be objectionable or unsatisfactory man, that really bites that you have to work on the weekend

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biting (at)

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“Biting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biting. Accessed 27 Nov. 2022.

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