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cutting

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of cutting

1 causing intense discomfort to one's skin
  • a frigid day with a cutting wind that made it seem even colder
Synonyms of cutting

biting, bitter, keen, penetrating, piercing, raw, sharp, shrewd, smarting, stinging
Words Related to cutting

brisk, invigorating, nippy, snappy

needlelike, prickly, tingling

caustic, corrosive
Near Antonyms of cutting

balmy, gentle, mild, soothing
2 having an edge thin enough to cut or pierce something
  • the cutting side of the sword blade
Synonyms of cutting

edged, edgy, ground, honed, keen, sharp, sharpened, stropped, trenchant, whetted
Words Related to cutting

clawlike, daggerlike, knifelike

jabbing, jagged, lacerating, piercing, scratching, stabbing

pointed, pointy, spiky (also spikey)
Near Antonyms of cutting

rounded, smooth

soft
Antonyms of cutting

blunt, blunted, dull, dulled, obtuse
3 marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings
  • Her cutting comments really upset me, and we haven't spoken since.
Synonyms of cutting

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

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
Near Antonyms of cutting

amusing, droll, merry, playful, sportive, waggish

gentle, mild

bland

good-humored, good-natured

diplomatic, polite, smooth, suave, urbane

affable, cordial, genial, gracious, hospitable, sociable

cutting

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of cutting

a piece that has been separated from the whole by cutting
  • a bag full of grass cuttings
Synonyms of cutting

cut, slice
Words Related to cutting

chop, cutlet

length, part, portion, section, segment

chunk, hunk, lump

clipping, paring, shaving, sliver, snippet, splinter

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