nipping

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

adjective

1. capable of wounding
- a barbed compliment
- a biting aphorism
- pungent satire
• Syn:
barbed, biting, pungent, mordacious
• Similar to:
sarcastic
• Derivationally related forms:
pungency (for: pungent)
2. pleasantly cold and invigorating
- crisp clear nights and frosty mornings
- a nipping wind
- a nippy fall day
- snappy weather
• Syn:
crisp, frosty, nippy, snappy
• Similar to:
cold
• Derivationally related forms:
snap (for: snappy), nip (for: nippy), frost (for: frosty), frostiness (for: frosty)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  crisp, frosty, nippy, snappy, barbed, biting, pungent, mordacious