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3 marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings //her cutting comments serve only one purpose: to make someone cry acerb, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulous, acrid, barbed, biting, caustic, corrosive, mordant, pungent, sarcastic, sardonic, satiric (
or satirical)
, scalding, scathing, sharp, smart-aleck, smart-alecky, smart-mouthed, snarky, tart abrupt, blunt, brusque (
also brusk)
, concise, crisp, curt, gruff, pithy, snippety, snippy, succinct, terse present participle of cut 1 to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife) //I cut my hand on a piece of broken glass 2 to fail to attend //a warning that she had been cutting too many classes without valid excuses 3 to deliberately ignore or treat rudely //the snobbish lady cut anyone who didn't meet her standards of wealth and social standing 4 to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument //when you cut the pad, make it a little smaller than the carpet bobbing, clipping, cropping, cutting back, docking, lopping (off), nipping, paring, polling, pruning, shaving, shearing, snipping, trimming 5 to shorten the standing leafy plant cover of //you need to cut the lawn very soon—before it becomes a jungle clipping, cropping, curtailing, cutting back, docking, hacking, lopping, manicuring, nipping, paring, pruning, trimming 6 to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances //the fruit juice was so cut with water that it was barely a fruit-flavored drink befouling, contaminating, corrupting, defiling, dirtying, envenoming, fouling, infecting, poisoning, polluting, soiling, spoiling, sullying, tainting 7 to depart abruptly from a straight line or course //cut towards the goal, eluding a defender 8 to divide by passing through or across //a long mountain range virtually cuts that country in half 9 to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships //whichever way you cut it, we won't be seeing any profits from the business for at least three years 3 marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings //her cutting comments serve only one purpose: to make someone cry acerb, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulous, acrid, barbed, biting, caustic, corrosive, mordant, pungent, sarcastic, sardonic, satiric (
or satirical)
, scalding, scathing, sharp, smart-aleck, smart-alecky, smart-mouthed, snarky, tart abrupt, blunt, brusque (
also brusk)
, concise, crisp, curt, gruff, pithy, snippety, snippy, succinct, terse
present participle of cut 1 to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife) //I cut my hand on a piece of broken glass 2 to fail to attend //a warning that she had been cutting too many classes without valid excuses 3 to deliberately ignore or treat rudely //the snobbish lady cut anyone who didn't meet her standards of wealth and social standing 4 to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument //when you cut the pad, make it a little smaller than the carpet bobbing, clipping, cropping, cutting back, docking, lopping (off), nipping, paring, polling, pruning, shaving, shearing, snipping, trimming 5 to shorten the standing leafy plant cover of //you need to cut the lawn very soon—before it becomes a jungle clipping, cropping, curtailing, cutting back, docking, hacking, lopping, manicuring, nipping, paring, pruning, trimming 6 to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances //the fruit juice was so cut with water that it was barely a fruit-flavored drink befouling, contaminating, corrupting, defiling, dirtying, envenoming, fouling, infecting, poisoning, polluting, soiling, spoiling, sullying, tainting 7 to depart abruptly from a straight line or course //cut towards the goal, eluding a defender 8 to divide by passing through or across //a long mountain range virtually cuts that country in half 9 to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships //whichever way you cut it, we won't be seeing any profits from the business for at least three years 3 marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings //her cutting comments serve only one purpose: to make someone cry acerb, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulous, acrid, barbed, biting, caustic, corrosive, mordant, pungent, sarcastic, sardonic, satiric (
or satirical)
, scalding, scathing, sharp, smart-aleck, smart-alecky, smart-mouthed, snarky, tart abrupt, blunt, brusque (
also brusk)
, concise, crisp, curt, gruff, pithy, snippety, snippy, succinct, terse
present participle of cut 1 to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife) //I cut my hand on a piece of broken glass 2 to fail to attend //a warning that she had been cutting too many classes without valid excuses 3 to deliberately ignore or treat rudely //the snobbish lady cut anyone who didn't meet her standards of wealth and social standing 4 to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument //when you cut the pad, make it a little smaller than the carpet bobbing, clipping, cropping, cutting back, docking, lopping (off), nipping, paring, polling, pruning, shaving, shearing, snipping, trimming 5 to shorten the standing leafy plant cover of //you need to cut the lawn very soon—before it becomes a jungle clipping, cropping, curtailing, cutting back, docking, hacking, lopping, manicuring, nipping, paring, pruning, trimming 6 to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances //the fruit juice was so cut with water that it was barely a fruit-flavored drink befouling, contaminating, corrupting, defiling, dirtying, envenoming, fouling, infecting, poisoning, polluting, soiling, spoiling, sullying, tainting 7 to depart abruptly from a straight line or course //cut towards the goal, eluding a defender 8 to divide by passing through or across //a long mountain range virtually cuts that country in half 9 to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships //whichever way you cut it, we won't be seeing any profits from the business for at least three years 3 marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings //her cutting comments serve only one purpose: to make someone cry acerb, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulous, acrid, barbed, biting, caustic, corrosive, mordant, pungent, sarcastic, sardonic, satiric (
or satirical)
, scalding, scathing, sharp, smart-aleck, smart-alecky, smart-mouthed, snarky, tart abrupt, blunt, brusque (
also brusk)
, concise, crisp, curt, gruff, pithy, snippety, snippy, succinct, terse
present participle of cut 1 to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife) //I cut my hand on a piece of broken glass 2 to fail to attend //a warning that she had been cutting too many classes without valid excuses 3 to deliberately ignore or treat rudely //the snobbish lady cut anyone who didn't meet her standards of wealth and social standing 4 to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument //when you cut the pad, make it a little smaller than the carpet bobbing, clipping, cropping, cutting back, docking, lopping (off), nipping, paring, polling, pruning, shaving, shearing, snipping, trimming 5 to shorten the standing leafy plant cover of //you need to cut the lawn very soon—before it becomes a jungle clipping, cropping, curtailing, cutting back, docking, hacking, lopping, manicuring, nipping, paring, pruning, trimming 6 to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances //the fruit juice was so cut with water that it was barely a fruit-flavored drink befouling, contaminating, corrupting, defiling, dirtying, envenoming, fouling, infecting, poisoning, polluting, soiling, spoiling, sullying, tainting 7 to depart abruptly from a straight line or course //cut towards the goal, eluding a defender 8 to divide by passing through or across //a long mountain range virtually cuts that country in half 9 to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships //whichever way you cut it, we won't be seeing any profits from the business for at least three years 3 marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings //her cutting comments serve only one purpose: to make someone cry acerb, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulous, acrid, barbed, biting, caustic, corrosive, mordant, pungent, sarcastic, sardonic, satiric (
or satirical)
, scalding, scathing, sharp, smart-aleck, smart-alecky, smart-mouthed, snarky, tart abrupt, blunt, brusque (
also brusk)
, concise, crisp, curt, gruff, pithy, snippety, snippy, succinct, terse
present participle of cut 1 to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife) //I cut my hand on a piece of broken glass 2 to fail to attend //a warning that she had been cutting too many classes without valid excuses 3 to deliberately ignore or treat rudely //the snobbish lady cut anyone who didn't meet her standards of wealth and social standing 4 to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument //when you cut the pad, make it a little smaller than the carpet bobbing, clipping, cropping, cutting back, docking, lopping (off), nipping, paring, polling, pruning, shaving, shearing, snipping, trimming 5 to shorten the standing leafy plant cover of //you need to cut the lawn very soon—before it becomes a jungle clipping, cropping, curtailing, cutting back, docking, hacking, lopping, manicuring, nipping, paring, pruning, trimming 6 to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances //the fruit juice was so cut with water that it was barely a fruit-flavored drink befouling, contaminating, corrupting, defiling, dirtying, envenoming, fouling, infecting, poisoning, polluting, soiling, spoiling, sullying, tainting 7 to depart abruptly from a straight line or course //cut towards the goal, eluding a defender 8 to divide by passing through or across //a long mountain range virtually cuts that country in half 9 to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships //whichever way you cut it, we won't be seeing any profits from the business for at least three years 3 marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings //her cutting comments serve only one purpose: to make someone cry acerb, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulous, acrid, barbed, biting, caustic, corrosive, mordant, pungent, sarcastic, sardonic, satiric (
or satirical)
, scalding, scathing, sharp, smart-aleck, smart-alecky, smart-mouthed, snarky, tart abrupt, blunt, brusque (
also brusk)
, concise, crisp, curt, gruff, pithy, snippety, snippy, succinct, terse
present participle of cut 1 to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife) //I cut my hand on a piece of broken glass 2 to fail to attend //a warning that she had been cutting too many classes without valid excuses 3 to deliberately ignore or treat rudely //the snobbish lady cut anyone who didn't meet her standards of wealth and social standing 4 to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument //when you cut the pad, make it a little smaller than the carpet bobbing, clipping, cropping, cutting back, docking, lopping (off), nipping, paring, polling, pruning, shaving, shearing, snipping, trimming 5 to shorten the standing leafy plant cover of //you need to cut the lawn very soon—before it becomes a jungle clipping, cropping, curtailing, cutting back, docking, hacking, lopping, manicuring, nipping, paring, pruning, trimming 6 to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances //the fruit juice was so cut with water that it was barely a fruit-flavored drink befouling, contaminating, corrupting, defiling, dirtying, envenoming, fouling, infecting, poisoning, polluting, soiling, spoiling, sullying, tainting 7 to depart abruptly from a straight line or course //cut towards the goal, eluding a defender 8 to divide by passing through or across //a long mountain range virtually cuts that country in half 9 to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships //whichever way you cut it, we won't be seeing any profits from the business for at least three years 3 marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings //her cutting comments serve only one purpose: to make someone cry acerb, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulous, acrid, barbed, biting, caustic, corrosive, mordant, pungent, sarcastic, sardonic, satiric (
or satirical)
, scalding, scathing, sharp, smart-aleck, smart-alecky, smart-mouthed, snarky, tart abrupt, blunt, brusque (
also brusk)
, concise, crisp, curt, gruff, pithy, snippety, snippy, succinct, terse
present participle of cut 1 to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife) //I cut my hand on a piece of broken glass 2 to fail to attend //a warning that she had been cutting too many classes without valid excuses 3 to deliberately ignore or treat rudely //the snobbish lady cut anyone who didn't meet her standards of wealth and social standing 4 to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument //when you cut the pad, make it a little smaller than the carpet bobbing, clipping, cropping, cutting back, docking, lopping (off), nipping, paring, polling, pruning, shaving, shearing, snipping, trimming 5 to shorten the standing leafy plant cover of //you need to cut the lawn very soon—before it becomes a jungle clipping, cropping, curtailing, cutting back, docking, hacking, lopping, manicuring, nipping, paring, pruning, trimming 6 to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances //the fruit juice was so cut with water that it was barely a fruit-flavored drink befouling, contaminating, corrupting, defiling, dirtying, envenoming, fouling, infecting, poisoning, polluting, soiling, spoiling, sullying, tainting 7 to depart abruptly from a straight line or course //cut towards the goal, eluding a defender 8 to divide by passing through or across //a long mountain range virtually cuts that country in half 9 to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships //whichever way you cut it, we won't be seeing any profits from the business for at least three years