nipping

Adjective

• pleasantly cold and invigorating
  • crisp clear nights and frosty mornings
    
  • a nipping wind
    
  • a nippy fall day
    
  • snappy weather
    

• capable of wounding
  • a barbed compliment
    
  • a biting aphorism
    
  • pungent satire
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  crisp , frosty , nippy , snappy , barbed , biting , pungent , mordacious