Synonyms for mordacity
- acerbity
- acidity
- acridity
- acrimony
- aspersion
- banter
- bitterness
- burlesque
- censure
- comeback
- contempt
- criticism
- cut
- cynicism
- derision
- dig
- disparagement
- invective
- irony
- mockery
- put-down
- raillery
- rancor
- ridicule
- satire
- scoffing
- scorn
- sharpness
- superciliousness
- trenchancy
- wisecrack
- causticity
- causticness
- corrosiveness
- flouting
- lampooning
- mordancy
- sneering
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Antonyms for mordacity
- approval
- commendation
- compliment
- endorsement
- flattery
- happiness
- kindness
- love
- mildness
- praise
- respect
- sanction
- sweetness
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The facility of doggrel merely of itself could not have yielded the exuberance of his humour and the mordacity of his satire.
WORD ORIGIN
"given to biting," 1640s (originally figurative), from Latin mordac-, stem of mordax, from mordere "to bite," perhaps from PIE root mer- (2) "to rub, harm" (see smart (v.)). Related: Mordacity.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR MORDACITY
acridity
nounsarcasmcausticity
nounsarcasmmalice
nounhate, vengefulness- acerbity
- animosity
- animus
- antipathy
- bad blood
- bane
- bile
- bitterness
- despite
- despitefulness
- dirt
- dislike
- down
- enmity
- evil
- grudge
- hatefulness
- hatred
- hostility
- ill will
- implacability
- malevolence
- maliciousness
- malignance
- malignity
- meanness
- mordacity
- poison
- rancor
- repugnance
- resentment
- spite
- spitefulness
- spleen
- umbrage
- venom
- viciousness
- vindictiveness
mordancy
nounsarcasm- 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
rancor
nounbitterness, hatefulness- 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
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