Cutting synonyms
kΕt'iΜng
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Part of speech:
Given to making caustic remarks:
Bitter and caustic in temper, manner, or speech
Having a barb or barbs
Designating or having a sharp, often unpleasant taste; acrid, as quinine or peach stones
(Of something seen or heard) Sharp, clearly defined.
Terse or condensed:
Referring to something that has a sharp planar surface
Nasty, unpleasant, objectionable, etc.
Acutely sensitive:
Bitingly sarcastic.
Able or seeming to pierce, as:
Sharp; cutting:
Having subcutaneous tissue exposed:
(Of a person) Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm.
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Of, like, or containing satire
scission
A straight line or ray that intersects a curve, especially a circle, at two or more points.
Stern or forbidding, as in manner or appearance:
Vigilant; alert:
The definition of tart is something that has a sharp or sour taste.
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(Archaic) Cutting; sharp
nice (antonym)
1822, T. Creevey, Reminiscences, 28 Jul:
Sharp or biting, as in character or expression:
Acid is defined as something that has a sour taste, or something that has a pH of less than 7 in chemistry.
That contracts bodily tissue and checks secretions, capillary bleeding, etc.; styptic
Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as the corrosive action of an acid.
Bitingly painful.
Penetrating, biting, or caustic:
The definition of scathing is something or someone severely and harshly critical.
Dashing; pelting:
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Of, similar to, or derived from a vitriol.
respect (related)
So sharp as to cause mental pain
painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
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Characterized by a sensation of cutting, piercing, or stabbing.
Providing no encouragement; depressing:
The style in which a garment is cut:
the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
the act of diluting something
The craft of producing a carved object.
film editing
the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film
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Something cut off or out, especially an item clipped from a newspaper or magazine.
an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
A sideways movement of an airplane when banked too far.
Repartition is to divide something up again.
To leap lightly over.
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(Informal) To write or refine computer programs skillfully.
To veer is to turn or swerve sharply or to go off course.
Trend is defined as to go in a general direction or to have a tendency to go in a certain way.
To move in a curved path
Perpendicularly or very steeply
To climb or move upward by winding or turning.
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To harden or impart a finish to by subjecting to intense heat; fire:
To cut, form, or alter so as to meet certain conditions
To send out officially; to deliver by authority; as, to issue an order; to issue a writ.
To ignore or behave coldly toward; slight.
Ignore is defined as to deliberately disregard, or to avoid noticing.
To explain or interpret on rational grounds
To cut off or remove dead or living parts or branches of (a plant, for example) to improve shape or growth.
To affect or maintain cautious neutrality.
To reduce is to make something smaller or to become or feel smaller, or forcing someone into a less desirable position.
To acquire or incur:
To reduce in force, efficacy, or intensity.
To reduce in scope, extent, etc.; shorten
(Stock market) To cause the value of individual shares to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.
To castrate (esp. a horse)
To lower, turn, or bend (the head, body, etc.) suddenly, as in avoiding a blow or in hiding
(Rare) To escape; get away
Shirk is defined as to avoid or get out of doing something that should be done.
To reduce, destroy, or get rid of gradually, as if by whittling away with a knife
Tear means to pull or force something up or apart or rip into two or more pieces.
Split is defined as to break, separate, tear, divide or cut into two or more parts.
To reduce the price of a product, to create a snip.
To cut; to sever; to divide.
To act negligently or carelessly.
To reduce or remove from a larger amount or entity:
To come apart or break under the action of shearing stress
To deliberately limit the number of (points) scored by one's team in a game (esp. a basketball game) in an effort to affect the result for gambling purposes
To have a share or part:
To cut off (a part) from a whole:
To segment is to divide something up into different parts.
To shade or crosshatch (part of a drawing) to indicate sections.
To mark with lines or notches in keeping account
(Computer science) To terminate a child process that has previously exited, thereby removing it from the process table.
To raze is to completely destroy something to the ground.
To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call forth, as votes or voters.
To part is defined as to divide something up or to separate.
Mow is defined as to cut down.
To subdivide (land, for example) into minute parts.
To cut off (a part), especially from a tree or shrub:
To become less; decrease:
To rip, cut, or tear.
To cross each other
(Mathematics) To include or bound (a part of a space or curve) between two points or lines.
Insult is defined as to speak with rudeness or to say something to offend.
To shape; to form.
To make a long deep cut in; slash deeply.
To assume a specified form, shape, or pattern:
To destroy completely; to annihilate.
To expurgate is defined as to edit or remove material that is considered to be obscene or objectionable.
To excise is defined as to cut out surgically.
Emasculate is defined as to deprive someone or something of its power and vigor, or to make a man unable to reproduce or to make a male feel like less of a man.
To withhold or deduct a part from (one's salary or wages).
To be or become separate; part
To separate or part; disunite
In surgery, to separate different anatomical structures along natural lines by dividing the connective tissue framework.
To pull or cut to pieces; separate into parts; divide up or mutilate
To delete is defined as to remove or cancel something.
To cross or become crossed so as to form an X; intersect.
To remove or destroy that part regarded as essential to the operation of
To cut short; reduce; abridge
To trim (a photograph or picture, for example).
(Chem.) To cause molecules of (the same or different substances) to combine to form a more complex compound, often with elimination of a simple molecule, as water
To cleave is to split or separate something, especially along a natural line of separation or using a sharp tool, or to stick or adhere strongly to something or someone.
To shape or form by chopping:
Chisel means to shape or cut a hard material using a hand tool called a chisel.
To lose or be inherently subject to losing a small part or parts of itself
To follow (game) in order to capture or kill; hunt:
Alternative form of bowdlerize.
To surgically remove a part of the body, especially a limb
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To draw up and execute in a suitable form:
(Obs.) To make a forecast; conjecture
To pass into solution:
To injure, weaken, or impair, esp. by subtle, stealthy, or insidious means
The definition of impair is to hinder or weaken something.
To record, particularly onto magnetic tape.
To become different; change; vary
To dismantle and pack up for departure:
(Music) To reduce (a perfect or minor interval) by a semitone.
To reduce the height of
To injure or damage so as to make imperfect, less attractive, etc.; spoil; impair; disfigure
To inflict wounds or a wound on.
To withdraw (an entry) from a contest.
To attach or affix identification, such as a price tag or maker's label, to.
To sever (a written contract, etc.) along an irregular line, so that the parts may be identified
To pare is defined as to peel, reduce or remove by trimming off the outside.
To separate the head from; decapitate.
To shorten (a number) by dropping one or more digits after the decimal point.
To divide into quarters.
To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit.
To split; cleave
To divide (a thing) into separate parts.
Truant is defined as to never do what one is supposed to do.
(Intransitive) To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn.
To refuse to accept socially; avoid having social contact with:
To refuse bluntly; snub
To make or become weak or weaker.
To dilute by adding water to
To move unsteadily; weave.
To change or alter in a particular direction.
increasing (antonym)
Increase is defined as to become bigger or greater.
lengthening (antonym)
confronting (antonym)
To face or oppose boldly, defiantly, or antagonistically
facing (antonym)
To acknowledge and accept or deal with:
adding (antonym)
To constitute an addition:
adulterating (related)
Adulterate means to make something inferior or less pure by adding something harmful or of a lower quality.
recording (related)
To record something.
neglecting (related)
To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight.
castrating (related)
To remove the testicles of; emasculate; geld
decreasing (related)
To become or cause to become less or smaller, as in number, amount, or intensity.
cancelling (related)
(Printing) To delete or omit
crossing (related)
To interfere with; thwart or obstruct:
mangling (related)
To spoil; botch; mar; garble
accepting (related)
To endure resignedly or patiently:
changing (related)
To lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; switch:
rising (related)
To cause to rise:
assembling (related)
The definition of assemble is to come together in a given place.
helping (related)
To refrain from; avoid or resist. Used with can or cannot:
semi-hardwood (related)
semi-ripe (related)
mowings (related)
S.N.L (related)
Whinburgh (related)
Exasperatingly difficult to solve or handle:
attack (related)
Designed or used for carrying out a hostile or aggressive attack
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