The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - cutting 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.