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stinging

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Main Entry: sting
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: prick, pain

Synonyms:

bite, burn, electrify, hurt, injure, inspire, needle, pique, poke, prickle, smart, tingle, wound
Main Entry: stinging
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: painful

Synonyms:

acrimonious, aculeate, biting, bitter, burning, caustic, harsh, incisive, mordant, penetrating, piquant, poignant, sarcastic, scathing, sharp
Main Entry: acid
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: bitter in words or behavior

Synonyms:

acerbic, biting, caustic, cutting, dry, harsh, hateful, hurtful, mordant, nasty, offensive, sarcastic, sharp, stinging, trenchant, vitriolic

Antonyms:

kind, nice
Main Entry: acrid
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: bitter, sour to taste

Synonyms:

acid, amaroidal, astringent, biting, burning, caustic, harsh, irritating, pungent, sharp, stinging

Antonyms:

delicious, savory, sweet
Main Entry: bite
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: corrode, eat away

Synonyms:

burn, consume, decay, decompose, deteriorate, dissolve, eat into, engrave, erode, etch, oxidize, rot, rust, scour, sear, slash, smart, sting, tingle, wear away
Main Entry: biting
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: sarcastic

Synonyms:

acerbic, acrimonious, bitter, caustic, cutting, incisive, mordant, scathing, severe, sharp, stinging, trenchant, withering

Antonyms:

kind, nice, sweet
Main Entry: bitter
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: hostile, nasty

Synonyms:

acrimonious, alienated, antagonistic, begrudging, biting, caustic, crabby, divided, embittered, estranged, fierce, freezing, hateful, intense, irreconcilable, morose, rancorous, resentful, sardonic, severe, sore, sour, stinging, sullen, virulent, vitriolic, with chip on shoulder

Antonyms:

agreeable, content, genial, kind, nice, pleasant, sweet
Main Entry: bitter
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: painful, distressing

Synonyms:

afflictive, annoying, bad, brutal, calamitous, cruel, dire, disagreeable, displeasing, distasteful, disturbing, galling, grievous, hard, harsh, heartbreaking, hurtful, inclement, intemperate, intense, merciless, offensive, poignant, provoking, rigorous, rugged, ruthless, savage, severe, sharp, stinging, unpalatable, unpleasant, vexatious, woeful

Antonyms:

good, helping, wonderful
Main Entry: burn
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: feel stinging pain

Synonyms:

bite, hurt, pain, smart, sting, tingle
Main Entry: caustic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: sarcastic

Synonyms:

acerb, acerbic, acrimonious, bitter, cutting, harsh, incisive, pithy, pungent, rough, salty, satiric, scathing, severe, sharp, stinging, trenchant, virulent

Antonyms:

kind, nice, unsarcastic
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