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mordant

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Main Entry: mordant
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: sarcastic

Synonyms:

acerb, acerbic, acid, biting, bitter, caustic, cutting, cynical, disparaging, disrespectful, mean, poignant, pointed, sardonic, scathing, sharp
Main Entry: acid
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: bitter in words or behavior

Synonyms:

acerbic, biting, caustic, cutting, dry, harsh, hateful, hurtful, mordant, nasty, offensive, sarcastic, sharp, stinging, trenchant, vitriolic

Antonyms:

kind, nice
Main Entry: acrid
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: nasty in behavior or words

Synonyms:

acrimonious, austere, biting, bitter, caustic, cutting, harsh, mordant, sarcastic, sharp, trenchant, vitriolic

Antonyms:

complimentary, kind, nice
Main Entry: acrimonious
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: nasty in behavior, speech

Synonyms:

acerbic, acid, angry, astringent, belligerent, biting, bitter, caustic, censorious, churlish, crabby, cranky, cross, cutting, indignant, irascible, irate, ireful, mad, mordant, peevish, petulant, rancorous, sarcastic, sharp, spiteful, splenetic, tart, testy, trenchant, wrathful

Antonyms:

kind, kindly, peaceable
Main Entry: biting
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: sarcastic

Synonyms:

acerbic, acrimonious, bitter, caustic, cutting, incisive, mordant, scathing, severe, sharp, stinging, trenchant, withering

Antonyms:

kind, nice, sweet
Main Entry: caustic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: burning, corrosive

Synonyms:

abrasive, acerbic, acid, acrid, alkaline, astringent, biting, corroding, erosive, keen, mordant, pungent, tart

Antonyms:

calm, mild, soothing
Main Entry: incisive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: sarcastic

Synonyms:

acerb, acerbic, acid, biting, caustic, clear-cut, concise, crisp, cutting, drilling, laconic, mordant, penetrating, sardonic, satirical, scathing, severe, sharp, slashing, succinct, tart, terse, trenchant

Antonyms:

gentle, kind, nice
Main Entry: ironic/ironical
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: sarcastic

Synonyms:

acrid, alert, arrogant, backbiting, biting, bitter, burlesque, caustic, chaffing, clever, contemptuous, contradictory, critical, cutting, cynical, defiant, derisive, disparaging, double-edged, exaggerated, implausible, incisive, incongruous, jibing, keen, mocking, mordant, paradoxical, pungent, quick-witted, ridiculous, sardonic, satiric, satirical, scathing, scoffing, sharp, sneering, spicy, trenchant, twisted, uncomplimentary, witty, wry

Antonyms:

considerate, deferential
Main Entry: pungent
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: sharp, stinging in speech

Synonyms:

acrimonious, acute, barbed, biting, bitter, caustic, cutting, exciting, hot, incisive, keen, mordant, penetrating, peppery, piercing, poignant, pointed, provocative, racy, salt, salty, sarcastic, scathing, snappy, spicy, stimulating, stringent, telling, trenchant, zesty
Notes: having a sharp taste is pungent and having a pleasingly sharp taste is piquant; pungent first meant 'keenly painful or distressing'

Antonyms:

dull, mild
Main Entry: sarcastic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: nasty, mocking in speech

Synonyms:

acerb, acerbic, acid, acrimonious, arrogant, austere, backhanded, biting, bitter, brusque, captious, carping, caustic, chaffing, contemptuous, contumelious, corrosive, cussed, cutting, cynical, derisive, disillusioned, disparaging, disrespectful, evil, hostile, irascible, ironical, mean, mordant, needling, offensive, ornery*, salty, sardonic, satirical, saucy*, scorching, scornful, scurrilous, severe, sharp, smart-alecky, snarling, sneering, taunting, trenchant, twitting, weisenheiming

Antonyms:

kind, nice
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