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mordant
sharply critical or sarcastic in a biting way
Synonyms
- caustic
- biting
- sardonic
Antonyms
- gentle
- kind
- complimentary
mordant in a sentence
His mordant account of the election spared neither party.
The playwright used mordant jokes to expose the leaders' hypocrisy.
Where it comes from
From Latin mordere, meaning 'to bite.'
Memory hook
MORDANT humor has a bite, as though its words could gnaw.
Read it in context
- The Case She Carried Narrative
- The Fault in the Bronze Science