grinçant

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʁɛ̃.sɑ̃/

Participle

grinçant

  1. present participle of grincer

Adjective

grinçant (feminine grinçante, masculine plural grinçants, feminine plural grinçantes)

  1. squeaky, creaky
  2. rasping, grating
  3. (figurative) harsh, scathing
    humour grinçantscathing humour

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