n. 25B6; noun
a newspaper cutting : CLIPPING, clip, snippet; article, piece, column, paragraph.
plant cuttings : SCION, slip; graft.
fabric cuttings : PIECE, bit, fragment; trimming.
25B6; adjective
a cutting remark : HURTFUL, wounding, barbed, pointed, scathing, acerbic, mordant, caustic, acid, sarcastic, sardonic, snide, spiteful, malicious, mean, nasty, cruel, unkind; informal bitchy, catty; Brit. informal sarky; N. Amer. informal snarky.
cutting winter winds : ICY, icy-cold, freezing, arctic, Siberian, glacial, bitter, chilling, chilly, chill; biting, piercing, penetrating, raw, keen, sharp.
friendly, warm.