хаплив — meaning in English

English meaning

• biting adj Sharply cold or stinging, as of wind or weather.
• caustic adj Capable of burning or chemically eating away living tissue or other material.
• snappish adj Likely to snap or bite.
• tart adj Having a sharp, sour taste.

Senses

хаплив is used for these senses in English:

• acrimonious (figuratively) Angry, acid, and sharp in delivering argumentative replies: bitter, mean-spirited, sharp in language or tone. [from early 17th c.]
• biting Tending to bite.
• caustic (of language, etc.) Sharp, bitter, cutting, biting, and sarcastic in a scathing way.
• snappish Likely to snap or bite.
• tart (figuratively) Sharp; keen; severe.

biting — full definition

1. adj Sharply cold or stinging, as of wind or weather.
2. adj Harshly critical or sarcastic.

caustic — full definition

1. adj Capable of burning or chemically eating away living tissue or other material.
2. adj Harshly sarcastic or biting in tone.

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