adj. 1 severe, biting, chill, cold, icy, frigid, freezing, raw, piercing, penetrating A cutting wind seemed to go right through me 2 sarcastic, sardonic, bitter, scornful, sneering, acid, scathing, acerb(ic), wounding, stern, harsh, caustic, mordant, acrimonious, contemptuous; malevolent, malicious, invidious, vicious, venomous Her cutting remarks completely devastated me
n. 3 scion, slip, clipping Mrs Galloway allowed me to take a cutting from her rose bush