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Synonyms for nipping
ˈnɪp ɪŋnip·ping
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Princeton's WordNet
barbed, biting, nipping, pungent, mordaciousadjective
capable of wounding
"a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"
Synonyms:
briary, prickly, barbed, setose, mordacious, snappy, crisp, pungent, burred, nippy, bristly, barbellate, setaceous, briery, thorny, acrid, burry, biting, bitter, spiny, bristled, frostyAntonyms:
hot, unsarcasticcrisp, frosty, nipping, nippy, snappyadjective
pleasantly cold and invigorating
"crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day"; "snappy weather"
Synonyms:
nappy, rimy, laconic, wintry, brisk, kinky, mordacious, sharp, curt, dashing, biting, frizzly, jaunty, pungent, frosty, frigid, terse, icy, glacial, rattling, dapper, spruce, crispy, natty, spanking, frozen, lively, nippy, raffish, barbed, alert, rimed, merry, spiffy, rakish, snappy, snappish, frizzy, crisp, whipping, zippyAntonyms:
unsarcastic, hot
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
nippingadjective
Synonyms:
biting, pinching, blasting, destructive
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2450 | alert | |
#3091 | sharp | |
#4895 | spanking | |
#6604 | frozen | |
#8581 | merry | |
#10079 | bitter | |
#11793 | crisp | |
#12285 | lively | |
#13178 | kinky | |
#15244 | spruce | |
#18316 | biting | |
#19985 | whipping | |
#20172 | curt | |
#20303 | icy | |
#25063 | glacial | |
#27777 | frosty | |
#30505 | brisk | |
#30558 | crispy | |
#33779 | barbed | |
#35262 | nappy | |
#38411 | snappy | |
#40868 | dashing | |
#41099 | prickly | |
#41824 | zippy | |
#43415 | rattling | |
#47297 | spiny | |
#48883 | thorny | |
#50552 | pungent | |
#51390 | spiffy | |
#52117 | frigid | |
#54494 | terse | |
#57569 | dapper | |
#61943 | wintry | |
#64241 | natty | |
#87861 | jaunty | |
#91935 | nipping | |
#96952 | acrid | |
#103727 | laconic | |
#106653 | burry | |
#109558 | frizzy | |
#114713 | bristly | |
#116969 | bristled | |
#117029 | nippy | |
#153268 | rakish | |
#238388 | snappish | |
#295546 | raffish |
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