mordant
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Via a wild final act, the nihilistic streak seen in many of Mr. Lanthimos’s previous movies emerges again, this time in an especially mordant way.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025
Instead, war broke out across Europe, and Asquith made his mordant headache joke on the way to the historical dumpster.
From Salon • Oct. 19, 2024
The members seemed to take that as an official offer, as opposed to a mordant joke.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2024
The humor these authors embrace traverses the gamut, from sardonic to screwball, mordant to madcap, droll to deranged.
From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2024
The dwarf had been whetting the edge of his axe and making some mordant jest when Bronn spotted the banner the riders carried before them, the moon-and-falcon of House Arryn, sky-blue and white.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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