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Another word for biting

biting Synonyms

biting

modif.

Acidulous
sharp, keen, tangy, stinging; see acid 2, sour 1.
In the act of biting
seizing, wounding, abrading, piercing, puncturing, incising, lacerating, holding, tasting, masticating, mangling, nipping, nibbling, snapping, gnawing, munching, crunching, gripping, chewing, worrying, in the mouth, with teeth in, sinking teeth into, champing, chomping.
Sarcastic
caustic, cutting, acrimonious, bitter; see sarcastic.

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Another word for biting

adjective

So sharp as to cause mental pain:

acerbic, acid, acidic, acrid, astringent, caustic, corrosive, cutting, mordacious, mordant, pungent, scathing, sharp, slashing, stinging, trenchant, truculent, vitriolic. See attack, respect

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She met his gaze, biting her lip.
Two maids were turning up the hem and hurriedly biting off the ends of thread.
"Yes," she hesitated, biting her lower lip.
Biting her lip, she turned away from him and stared out the window.
The mandibles are strong, adapted for biting the vegetable substances on which these beetles feed, and the palps of the second maxillae have three segments.

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