biting

Adjective

• causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold
  • bitter cold
    
  • a biting wind
    

• capable of wounding
  • a barbed compliment
    
  • a biting aphorism
    
  • pungent satire
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  bitter , barbed , nipping , pungent , mordacious