mordant
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The intent seems to be to add a bold, tangy element to the rom-com, or at least to suggest a mordant commentary on our American condition.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
Yes, there's been some mordant chuckling in the media over his bizarre comments about "the late great Hannibal Lecter" and his meandering tales about electric boats and shark attacks.
From Salon • Sep. 6, 2024
His gimlet-eyed observations and mordant humor announced the arrival of a playwright with something to say and the fiery eloquence with which to say it.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 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
He passed it on to Alvarez, who put his signature to it and returned it to Sagane in 1949 as a mordant keepsake.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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