Cutting crossword clue 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 letters

For the clue “Cutting”, we’ve included answers gathered from crosswords that used nearly the same clue phrasing, giving you relevant entries drawn from real puzzle examples.

Possible Answers:

  • TRENCHANT
  • INCISIVE
  • HEWING
  • SEVERING
  • SNIDE
  • POINTED
  • KEEN
  • BARBED
  • SHARP
  • CAUSTIC
  • SNIPPET
  • CLIPPING
  • LOPPING
  • AXING
  • EDGED
  • SNARKY
  • TART
  • SAWING
  • ACERB

Synonyms and Definitions

TRENCHANT

  • Synonyms: clear-cut, distinct, hard-hitting, searching

INCISIVE

  • Synonyms: acute, discriminating, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp

HEWING

  • Synonyms: hew, hew out

SEVERING

  • Synonyms: break up, discerp, lop, sever, severance

SNIDE

  • Synonyms: sneering, supercilious

POINTED

  • Synonyms: aim, bespeak, betoken, channelise, channelize, charge, designate, direct, guide, head, indicate, level, luff, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, orient, place, point, repoint, sharpen, show, signal, steer, taper, target

KEEN

  • Synonyms: bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, exquisite, great, groovy, incisive, lament, lancinate, lancinating, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, smashing, stabbing, swell
  • Definition: a mournful song performed with loud crying at a funeral

BARBED

  • Synonyms: barb, barbellate, biting, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, mordacious, nipping, prickly, pungent, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny

SHARP

  • Synonyms: abrupt, acuate, astute, crisp, needlelike, precipitous, sharp-worded, shrewd, shrill, tart

CAUSTIC

  • Synonyms: acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, corrosive, erosive, mordant, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic

SNIPPET

  • Synonyms: snip, snipping

CLIPPING

  • Synonyms: clip, crop, curtail, cut back, cut short, dress, jog, newspaper clipping, nip, nip off, press clipping, press cutting, prune, snip off, trim, trimming, trot

AXING

  • Synonyms: ax, axe

EDGED

  • Synonyms: abut, adjoin, border, butt, butt against, butt on, edge, inch, march, stinging

TART

  • Synonyms: bawd, cocotte, cyprian, fancy woman, harlot, lady of pleasure, lemonlike, lemony, prostitute, sourish, sporting lady, tangy, whore, woman of the street, working girl

SAWING

  • Synonyms: saw

ACERB

  • Synonyms: astringent, caustic