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mordacity
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| 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: | rancor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bitterness, hatefulness |
| Synonyms: | acerbity, acrimony, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bad blood, bile, dudgeon, enmity, grudge, hardness of heart, harshness, hate, hatred, hostility, ill feeling, ill will, malevolence, malice, malignity, mordacity, pique, resentfulness, resentment, retaliation, revengefulness, ruthlessness, spite, spitefulness, spleen, umbrage, uncharitableness, unfriendliness, variance, vengeance, vengefulness, venom, vindictiveness, virulence |
| Antonyms: | kindness, love, respect, sympathy |
| Main Entry: | acridity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sarcasm |
| Synonyms: | acerbity, acidity, acridness, acrimony, causticity, incisiveness, mordacity, mordancy, sharpness, trenchancy |
| Main Entry: | causticity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sarcasm |
| Synonyms: | acridity, acridness, causticness, corrosiveness, incisiveness, mordacity, mordancy, trenchancy |
| Main Entry: | corrosiveness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sarcasm |
| Synonyms: | acrimony, causticity, corrosive, corrosivity, mordacity, mordancy, trenchancy |
| 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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