wounding

Strongest matches

• biting
• pointed
• stinging

Strong matches

• piercing
• spiked

Weak matches

• hurtful
• sharp

Strongest matches

• acerbic
• barbed
• biting
• caustic
• piercing
• pointed
• sarcastic
• sardonic
• scathing
• stinging
• trenchant

Strong matches

• acid
• bitter
• incisive
• penetrating
• raw
• sharp

Weak matches

• acrimonious
• hurtful
• malicious
• probing
• severe

Strongest matches

• appalling
• atrocious
• calamitous
• damaging
• deplorable
• dire
• dreadful
• egregious
• flagrant
• glaring
• heinous
• intolerable
• lamentable
• monstrous
• outrageous
• shameful
• shocking
• tragic
• unbearable

Weak matches

• afflicting
• agonizing
• dismal
• disquieting
• distressing
• disturbing
• grave
• harmful
• heart-rending
• heavy
• hurtful
• injurious
• mournful
• offensive
• onerous
• oppressive
• pathetic
• pitiful
• sad
• sharp
• sorrowful
• taxing
• tough
• troublesome
• upsetting
• villainous
• weighty

Strongest matches

• damaging
• dangerous
• destructive
• detrimental
• distressing
• harmful
• malicious
• nasty
• pernicious
• prejudicial
• unkind
• upsetting

Weak matches

• aching
• afflictive
• bad
• cutting
• deadly
• deleterious
• disadvantageous
• evil
• hurting
• mean
• mischievous
• nocuous
• noxious
• ominous
• poisonous
• spiteful

Strong matches

• acid
• astringent
• caustic
• cutting
• dry
• sharp
• short

Weak matches

• acerb
• acerbic
• acetose
• acidulous
• acrimonious
• barbed
• biting
• harsh
• nasty
• piquant
• pungent
• scathing
• snappish
• snappy
• snippy
• tangy
• testy
• trenchant
• vinegary