cutting remark
Frequency: 6.57.1 per million words
a comment that is cruel and intended to hurt someone's feelings
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Examples (10)
- His cutting remark deeply hurt her feelings.
- She delivered a cutting remark that silenced the room.
- Ignoring his cutting remarks was the best strategy.
- The politician was known for making cutting remarks during debates.
- I tried to brush off the cutting remark, but it lingered.
- Her quick, cutting remark left him speechless.
- He apologized later for his thoughtless cutting remark.
- The journalist's cutting remarks drew criticism from readers.
- Even years later, that cutting remark still stings a little.
- She regretted her cutting remark as soon as it left her mouth.