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[ adjective ] capable of wounding
Examples "a barbed compliment" "a biting aphorism" "pungent satire" Used in print (The Providence Journal...)I must say , however , that I preferred the acting that had something of a biting edge to it . (Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)A biting , pithy parable of the all pervading hollowness of modern life , the piece has been set by Mlle_Lagoon to a sumptuous score ( a single motif played over_and_over by four thousand French_horns ) by existentialist hot-shot Jean-Paul_Sartre . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] capable of wounding
Synonyms Examples "a barbed compliment" "a biting aphorism" "pungent satire" Related terms |
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