The clue “Biting” has shown up before in crosswords, and these answers represent what solvers and editors have accepted in those cases. Use this list to compare against tried entries.
Answers:
- SNIDE
- ACIDIC
- CAUSTIC
- ACERBIC
- ACERB
- SARCASTIC
- MEAN
- SARDONIC
- ACID
- TART
- ACUTE
- ACRID
- SHARP
- PUNGENT
- NIPPING
- MORDANT
Synonyms and Definitions
SNIDE
- Synonyms: sneering, supercilious
ACIDIC
- Synonyms: acid, acidulent, acidulous
CAUSTIC
- Synonyms: acerb, acerbic, acrid, bitter, blistering, corrosive, erosive, mordant, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic
ACERBIC
- Synonyms: astringent, caustic
MEAN
- Synonyms: average, base, bastardly, beggarly, entail, hateful, have in mind, imply, intend, mean value, meanspirited, mingy, miserly, signify, stand for, think, think of, tight
ACID
- Synonyms: acidic, back breaker, battery-acid, dose, dot, elvis, loony toons, lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane, superman, window pane, zen
TART
- Synonyms: bawd, cocotte, cyprian, fancy woman, harlot, lady of pleasure, lemonlike, lemony, prostitute, sharp, sharp-worded, sourish, sporting lady, tangy, whore, woman of the street, working girl
ACUTE
- Synonyms: acuate, acute accent, ague, discriminating, incisive, intense, keen, knifelike, needlelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing
ACRID
- Synonyms: pungent
SHARP
- Synonyms: abrupt, acute, astute, crisp, precipitous, shrewd, shrill, tart
PUNGENT
- Synonyms: barbed, mordacious, nipping
NIPPING
- Synonyms: clip, frosty, nip, nip off, nippy, pinch, snappy, snip, snip off, squeeze, tweet, twinge, twitch
MORDANT
- Synonyms: black, grim