biting
adjective
uk/ˈbaɪ.tɪŋ/us/ˈbaɪ.t̬ɪŋ/bitingadjective(COLD)
used todescribeweatherthat isextremelycold,especiallywhen itcausesyouphysicalpain:
（天气）刺骨的，严寒的a bitingwind刺骨的寒风
bitingcold严寒
Synonyms
Arcticfigurative
bitter(COLD)
freezing
glacial(ICE/COLD)
having temperature lower than what is comfortable
- coldBrr, it's cold outside!
- bitterWrap up warmly - it's bitter outside!
- freezingIt's absolutely freezing in here!
- bitingA biting wind blew in her face as she opened the door.
- icyAn icy wind whistled across the plain.
Cold
- Baltic
- be (as) cold as iceidiom
- bitter
- bitterly
- bone-chilling
- cold snap
- coldness
- cooling
- crispness
- dank
- frozen
- glacial
- nuclear winter
- perished
- polar vortex
- post-glacial
- refrigerated
- sharpness
- stone-cold
- ultracold
bitingadjective(CRITICAL)
disapproving
used todescribewords orpeoplethatcriticizesomeone or something, usually in anunkindway:
辛辣的，尖锐的；嘲讽的He made some bitingremarksabout thewholeoccasion.他对整个事件作了尖锐的评论。
a bitingwit敏锐的机智
Unkind, cruel & unfeeling
- acerbic
- acerbity
- acidly
- anti-cruelty
- anti-humanitarian
- cruelty
- cutthroat
- fiendish
- fiendishness
- hard-hearted
- nastily
- nastiness
- nasty
- pitiless
- pitilessly
- uncharitably
- unchristian
- uncompassionate
- unfeeling
- ungenerous