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Cutting

🔄 Synonyms of "Cutting"

21 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
keenverb	(chiefly Commonwealth) Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.
bleaknoun	Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.
sharpnoun	Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
coldnoun	(of a thing) Having a low temperature.
slipnoun	(intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
rawnoun	(cooking) (of food) Not cooked.
cutverb	(chiefly transitive) To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
piercingnoun	A hole made in the body so that jewellery can be worn through it.
stabbingnoun	An incident in which a person is stabbed.
unkind	Lacking kindness, sympathy, benevolence, gratitude, or similar; cruel, harsh or unjust; ungrateful.
edged	That has a sharp planar surface.
knifelike	Resembling a knife or its effects.
clippingnoun	(uncountable, linguistics) A process of word formation involving shortening by removal of syllables, often terminal ones.
stingingnoun	Having the capacity to sting.
carvingverb	The act or craft of producing a carved object.
thinningnoun	The action or result of reducing thickness, density, or number
press cuttingnoun	(journalism) Synonym of clipping (“an article clipped from a newspaper or from a magazine”).
cutting offnoun	the act of cutting something off
press clippingnoun	an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
film editing	both a creative and a technical part of the post-production process of filmmaking.
newspaper clippingnoun	an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Cutting"

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Word	Definition
sharpnoun	Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
piercingnoun	A hole made in the body so that jewellery can be worn through it.
clippingnoun	(uncountable, linguistics) A process of word formation involving shortening by removal of syllables, often terminal ones.
stabbingnoun	An incident in which a person is stabbed.
edged	That has a sharp planar surface.
knifelike	Resembling a knife or its effects.
stingingnoun	Having the capacity to sting.
carvingverb	The act or craft of producing a carved object.
coldnoun	(of a thing) Having a low temperature.
slipnoun	(intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
thinningnoun	The action or result of reducing thickness, density, or number
keenverb	(chiefly Commonwealth) Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.
bleaknoun	Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.
unkind	Lacking kindness, sympathy, benevolence, gratitude, or similar; cruel, harsh or unjust; ungrateful.
rawnoun	(cooking) (of food) Not cooked.
cutting offnoun	the act of cutting something off
film editing	both a creative and a technical part of the post-production process of filmmaking.
newspaper clippingnoun	an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
press clippingnoun	an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
press cuttingnoun	(journalism) Synonym of clipping (“an article clipped from a newspaper or from a magazine”).