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acridity
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acridity
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sarcasm |
| Synonyms: | acerbity, acidity, acridness, acrimony, causticity, incisiveness, mordacity, mordancy, sharpness, trenchancy |
| Main Entry: | tartness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sourness |
| Synonyms: | acidity, acridity, bitterness, sour |
| Main Entry: | causticity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sarcasm |
| Synonyms: | acridity, acridness, causticness, corrosiveness, incisiveness, mordacity, mordancy, trenchancy |
| Main Entry: | mordacity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sarcasm |
| Synonyms: | acerbity, acidity, acridity, acrimony, aspersion, banter, bitterness, burlesque, causticity, causticness, censure, comeback, contempt, corrosiveness, criticism, cut*, cynicism, derision, dig*, disparagement, flouting, invective, irony, lampooning, mockery, mordancy, put-down, raillery, rancor, ridicule, satire, scoffing, scorn, sharpness, sneering, superciliousness, trenchancy, wisecrack |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mordancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sarcasm |
| Synonyms: | acerbity, acidity, acridity, acrimony, aspersion, banter, bitterness, burlesque, causticity, causticness, censure, comeback, contempt, corrosiveness, criticism, cut*, cynicism, derision, dig*, disparagement, flouting, invective, irony, lampooning, mockery, mordacity, put-down, raillery, rancor, ridicule, satire, scoffing, scorn, sharpness, sneering, superciliousness, trenchancy, wisecrack |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | trenchancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sarcasm |
| Synonyms: | acerbity, acidity, acridity, acrimony, aspersion, banter, bitterness, burlesque, causticity, causticness, censure, comeback*, contempt, corrosiveness, criticism, cut*, cynicism, derision, dig*, disparagement, flouting, invective, irony, lampooning, mockery, mordacity, mordancy, put-down, raillery, rancor, ridicule, satire, scoffing, scorn, sharpness, sneering, superciliousness, wisecrack |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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