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Definition of cutting adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

cutting

adjective

NAmE//ˈkʌt̮ɪŋ//

[usually before noun]

1unkind and likely to hurt someone's feelings synonym biting a cutting remark

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2(of winds) cold in a sharp and unpleasant way synonym biting

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