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
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- SHARP also appears as an answer in Staff symbol crossword clue 4, 5 and 8 letters.
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- SHARP also appears as an answer in Smart crossword clue 4, 5, 6, 7 and 11 letters.
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- ACUTE also appears as an answer in Serious crossword clue 5, 6 and 7 letters.
- ACUTE also appears as an answer in Extreme crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 letters.
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- ACUTE also appears as an answer in Shrewd crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 and 13 letters.
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- SNIDE also appears as an answer in Malicious crossword clue 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 letters.
- MEAN also appears as an answer in Stand for crossword clue 4, 5, 6 and 9 letters.
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- SNIDE also appears as an answer in Counterfeit crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 letters.
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- ACUTE also appears as an answer in Keen crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 12 letters.
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- ACUTE also appears as an answer in Not quite right crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 7 and 9 letters.