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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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Recent Examples of biting
Adjective
To this day a lively, biting, macabre comedy that was controversial in its time (and banned in Franco-era Spain for its anti-elite subtext), yet its core themes still resonate with uncanny oracular power. Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 29 July 2025 Its comedy is observational rather than overtly satirical, far less biting than other Judge creations like Idiocracy and Silicon Valley. Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 25 July 2025
Verb
Muskies will often follow a lure a ways without biting, and this final, erratic movement can sometimes be just enough to trigger the fish. Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2025 Warmer and wetter conditions associated with climate change can affect mosquito breeding and biting rates. Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 25 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for biting
Recent Examples of Synonyms for biting
Adjective
  • Creative differences led to a bitter falling out between Davies and Hodgson, who left the band in 1983.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
  • But to have the season’s only returning houseguest exit on a twist like this, and not even from gameplay, social standing or an eviction vote leaves a bitter taste in my mouth, to say the least.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Even an otherwise neutral comment can be contorted into a sarcastic retort, an insult or a counterattack.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • On the par-4 14th, Scheffler splashed out of a greenside bunker to 10 feet, missed the par putt, and then, without hesitation, threw a sarcastic fist pump toward the hole.
    Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Both are intoxicated, and Roman agrees, but Dennis gets caught up in the moment and starts sucking on Roman’s toes.
    Barry Levitt, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Will abandons his students at the first sight of Agnes walking by the classroom window, and the two of them are sucking faces a minute later.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • There was a sharp spike in job cuts during August, new data shows, as employers shed staff due to a worsening economic picture.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Analysts Craig Moffett’s rating change follows a sharp rally for the tech giant.
    Pia Singh, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • His upcoming credits included Ruben Östlund's satirical black comedy The Entertainment System is Down, also set to star Keanu Reeves, Kirsten Dunst, and Woody Harrelson.
    EW.com, EW.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The movie is an adaptation of Donald Westlake’s 1997 satirical thriller The Ax, which was also adapted by the great Costa Gavras in 2005.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Redness, stinging, swelling13 7.
    Megan Nunn, Verywell Health, 27 Aug. 2025
  • They are known to be foraging predators with tentacles that hold highly poisonous stinging cells, used for both hunting and self-defense, explains the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
    Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • One spring day in Paris many years ago, my wife, Diana, a most penetrating photographer, capable of seeing like no one else, decided, as an experiment, to walk across the city blindfolded.
    Hisham Matar, Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Since the war began in Gaza, more than six months ago, the Israeli magazine +972 has published some of the most penetrating reporting on the Israel Defense Forces’ conduct.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2024
Adjective
  • Thailand says the barbed wire was set up to prevent the planting of mines and is on its own land.
    Matthew Tostevin, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
  • No one else writes with such wounding, barbed wit.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2025

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“Biting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biting. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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