Vocabulary
bissig
/ˈbɪsɪç/· adjective
biting, cutting (remark, humour); (of a dog) inclined to bite
On a garden gate: Vorsicht, bissiger Hund! In a newspaper: a remark or a Glosse with teeth.
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- bissiger
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- am bissigsten
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bissig
(of a dog) inclined to bite
Vorsicht, bissiger Hund!
Beware of the dog!
Word family
bissigbeißento biteder Bissbite; (figurative) bite, punchdie Bissigkeitsharpness, acerbity
Common combinations
- eine bissige Bemerkunga cutting remark
- bissiger Humorbiting humour
- Vorsicht, bissiger Hund!Beware of the dog!
Similar & opposite
≈ Synonyms
scharfzüngigsarkastischspitz
↔ Opposites
harmloszahm
Real examples
- Bissiger als heute war die Glosse noch nie.The satirical column has never been more biting than today.
- Auf ihre bissige Bemerkung wusste niemand eine Antwort.Nobody had an answer to her cutting remark.
- Ohne den letzten Satz wäre der Text weniger bissig.Without the last sentence the text would be less biting.
