biting

/ˈbɑɪt̬·ɪŋ/ adj

Definition

› severe and unpleasant; strong enough to hurt: A cold, biting wind blew in from the north. › If you describe a remark as biting, you mean that it was strongly critical, often accurate, and likely to hurt someone’s feelings: He delivered a biting attack on political favoritism.

(Definition of biting adj from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)