cuisant

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɥi.zɑ̃/

Verb

cuisant

present participle of cuire

Adjective

cuisant (feminine singular cuisante, masculine plural cuisants, feminine plural cuisantes)

stinging, burning
(figuratively) crushing, bitter
un échec cuisant ― a crushing defeat, a bitter failure

Further reading

“cuisant” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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