Cutting and Withering

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Cutting adjective - Causing intense discomfort to one's skin.

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Withering and cutting are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Withering" instead an adjective "Cutting".

Nearby Words: cut, cutter

Withering adjective - Wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction.

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Cutting and withering are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cutting" instead an adjective "Withering".

Nearby Words: wither, withered

He's a caustic depressive who writes withering articles about "the idiots" (who themselves respect him as "the Preacher Man"), growing more and more cutting and vicious as he falls in with them.

Source: The Snark Knight

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