biting (as in wit or temperament)

Jamie D.
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  1. acerbic
    sour or bitter in taste
  2. acidulous
    being sour to the taste
  3. acrimonious
    marked by strong resentment or cynicism
  4. asperity
    harshness of manner
  5. caustic
    capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
  6. mordant
    harshly ironic or sinister
  7. mordacious
    biting or given to biting
  8. trenchant
    having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought
Created on Thu Nov 24 23:24:42 EST 2011

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