Definitions:

1. (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character adjective
   • cutting remarks
2. a part removed from a plant used to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting noun
   • I bought hibiscus cuttings while in Hawaii to bring back home.
3. painful as if caused by a sharp instrument adjective
   • a cutting wind
4. the act of diluting something noun
   • the cutting of whiskey with water

Synonyms:

• carving
• clipping
• cut
• cutting off
• edged
• film editing
• knifelike
• raw
• slip
• thinning

NearBy Words:

• cutting-edge
• cuttingly