Biting+and+scratching
111strident — Synonyms and related words: absonant, acid, acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, astringent, atonal, biting, bitter, blatant, boisterous, cacophonous, caustic, clamorous, cracked, creaking, croaking, cutting, diaphonic, disconsonant, discordant,… …
112abrasive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. & n. adj. rough, frictional; unpleasant. n. grinder; sandpaper, corundum, etc. See discourtesy, friction. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Causing abrasion] Syn. grinding, sharpening, cutting, abrading,… …
113open\ one's\ eyes — • open (up) one s eyes v. phr. To make a person see or understand the truth; make a person realize; tell a person what is really happening or what really exists. Mary didn t believe that her cousin could be mean until the cousin opened Mary s… …
114open\ up\ one's\ eyes — • open (up) one s eyes v. phr. To make a person see or understand the truth; make a person realize; tell a person what is really happening or what really exists. Mary didn t believe that her cousin could be mean until the cousin opened Mary s… …
115harsh — adj 1. abrupt, brusque, curt, blunt, short, clipped; rude, impolite, discourteous, unmannerly, uncivil, ungracious; crusty, gruff, bluff, bearish, churlish, bad tempered, choleric, splenetic, morose, surly, sullen, sulky; petulant, peevish,… …
