bitesome

adjective3

1. •
   Characterised or marked by biting

   • "Flies very bitesome." — 1882
2. •
   Having a bite to it; piquant.

   • Eight dollars affords you an incredible salmon filet, cooked to perfection and dressed with a cucumber yogurt sauce — the perfect contrast to the bitesome peppercorn crust. — 2000
3. •
   Causing emotional sting; disappointing; unsatisfactory

   • […] and, as for the other inconveniences, I remember that a Chinese woman who was just beginning to speak English said to her teacher: “Ma'am, in summer the inns are very bitesome. […]” — 1910