mordacious

  • 121mordacity — n. inclination to be biting or sarcastic; quality of being mordacious …

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  • 122acrimonious — a. 1. (Rare.) Corrosive, caustic, sharp. 2. Severe, harsh, hard, acrid, sarcastic, bitter, virulent, malignant, censorious, crabbed, snarling, snappish, testy, pettish, petulant, cross, sour, tart, splenetic, peevish, ill tempered, ill natured,… …

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  • 123mordant — a. Biting, mordacious, keen, caustic, sarcastic, severe, satirical, nipping …

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  • 124poignant — a. 1. Sharp, severe, piercing, penetrating, intense, bitter. 2. Pungent, biting, acrid, piquant, sharp, pricking, stinging, mordacious. 3. Keen, pointed, caustic, irritating, bitter, satirical, sarcastic, severe, mordant …

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  • 125sarcastic — a. Severe, cutting, taunting, satirical, sharp, biting, mordacious, sardonic …

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  • 126satirical — a. Sarcastic, severe, taunting, censorious, cutting, biting, sharp, keen, poignant, invective, mordacious, bitter, reproachful, abusive, ironical …

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  • 127sharp — I. a. 1. Acute, keen, trenchant. 2. Pointed, peaked, ridged. 3. Sagacious, apt, shrewd, astute, acute, penetrating, subtle, perspicacious, discerning, discriminating, ingenious, inventive, witty, quick, clever, ready, smart, clear, sharp sighted …

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  • 128acerbic — adjective soaring melodies built around acerbic lyrics Syn: sharp, sarcastic, sardonic, mordant, trenchant, cutting, razor edged, biting, piercing, stinging, searing, scathing, caustic, bitter, acrimonious, astringent, abrasive, harsh …

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