bissig — meaning in English
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English meaning
- acerbic adj Tasting sour or bitter.
- 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.
- mordant adj Having or showing a sharp or critical quality.
- scathing adjective Harshly critical.
- snappish adj Likely to snap or bite.
- snarky adjective Sarcastic and mildly mocking, often out of irritation.
Senses
bissig is used for these senses in English:
- acerbic (figurative) Sharp, harsh, biting.
- acrimonious (figuratively) Angry, acid, and sharp in delivering argumentative replies: bitter, mean-spirited, sharp in language or tone. [from early 17th c.]
- biting Cutting or incisive.
- biting Tending to bite.
- caustic (of language, etc.) Sharp, bitter, cutting, biting, and sarcastic in a scathing way.
- mordant Having or showing a sharp or critical quality.
- scathing Harshly or bitterly critical; vitriolic.
- snappish Likely to snap or bite.
acerbic — full definition
- adj Tasting sour or bitter.
- adj Sharp, harsh, biting.
biting — full definition
- adj Sharply cold or stinging, as of wind or weather.
- adj Harshly critical or sarcastic.