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Word | Mordant |
Spanish Meaning | corrosivo, acre, mordaz, mordente, mordiente, ,mordaz |
harshly ironic or sinister; black humor; a grim joke; grim laughter; fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit / a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing / Biting / biting; sarcastic; stinging / (especially of humor) having or showing a sharp or critical quality; biting. / expressing harsh criticism especially in a way that is funny, | |
Usage | ⇒ Do not speak mordant words as she is already worried ⇒ Actors feared the critic's mordant pen. ⇒ a writer famous for her mordant humor ⇒ a mordant sense of humor |
Synonyms | caustic, biting, acid, sarcastic, acrimonious, bitter, cutting, sharp, acerbic, acrid, keen, pungent, corrosive, incisive, scathing, trenchant, vitriolic, harsh, sardonic, stinging, |
Antonyms | affable, bland, constructive, genial, gentle, gracious, polite, unsarcastic, accommodating, affectionate, agreeable, amiable, amicable, amusing, attractive, benevolent, benign, benignant, charitable, civil, |
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