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causticity
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sarcasm |
| Synonyms: | acridity, acridness, causticness, corrosiveness, incisiveness, mordacity, mordancy, trenchancy |
| Main Entry: | acidity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bitterness |
| Synonyms: | acerbity, acridness, astringency, causticity, pungency, sourness, tartness |
| Main Entry: | satire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ridicule intended to expose truth |
| Synonyms: | banter, burlesque, caricature, causticity, chaffing, irony, lampoon, lampoonery, mockery, parody, pasquinade, persiflage, play-on, put-on, raillery, sarcasm, send-up, skit, spoof, squib, takeoff, travesty, wit, witticism |
| Main Entry: | acridity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sarcasm |
| Synonyms: | acerbity, acidity, acridness, acrimony, causticity, incisiveness, mordacity, mordancy, sharpness, trenchancy |
| Main Entry: | corrosiveness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sarcasm |
| Synonyms: | acrimony, causticity, corrosive, corrosivity, mordacity, mordancy, trenchancy |
| Main Entry: | lampoonery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | satire |
| Synonyms: | banter, burlesque, caricature, causticity, chaffing, irony, lampoon, mockery, parody, pasquinade, persiflage, play-on, put-on, raillery, sarcasm, send-up, skit, spoof, squib, takeoff, travesty, wit, witticism |
| 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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