Thesaurus / trenchancy
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synonyms for trenchancy
- acerbity
- acidity
- acridity
- acrimony
- aspersion
- banter
- bitterness
- burlesque
- censure
- comeback
- contempt
- criticism
- cut
- cynicism
- derision
- dig
- disparagement
- invective
- irony
- mockery
- mordacity
- put down
- raillery
- rancor
- ridicule
- satire
- scoffing
- scorn
- sharpness
- superciliousness
- wisecrack
- causticity
- causticness
- corrosiveness
- flouting
- lampooning
- mordancy
- sneering
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Presently after, he developed his views on home politics with similar trenchancy.
THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON - SWANSTON EDITION VOL. 13 (OF 25)ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONHowever, she scarcely expressed her disapproval aloud with her usual trenchancy.
THE CORYSTON FAMILYMRS. HUMPHRY WARDStill, trenchancy whether in speaker or writer is a most effective tone for a large public.
CRITICAL MISCELLANIES, VOLUME I (OF 3)JOHN MORLEYIt is impossible for persons of any logical trenchancy to remain in this stage.
FLOWERS OF FREETHOUGHTGEORGE W. FOOTENo zeal, no faith, no intellectual trenchancy, but as much low-minded geniality and trivial complaisance as you please.
ON COMPROMISEJOHN MORLEYAnd even if he could, one little thing that happened to me could never happen to him, or not with the same trenchancy of contrast.
ACROSS THE PLAINSROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONMrs. Carlyle was a sharp-edged woman too, and hurt her own life by her bitter trenchancy.
JOYOUS GARDARTHUR CHRISTOPHER BENSONBut the ardour of the disciple pressed objections home with a trenchancy that is very unlike the sage distillations of the master.
DIDEROT AND THE ENCYCLOPAEDISTS (VOL 1 OF 2)JOHN MORLEYThe trenchancy with which his atheist urges his reasoning, proves that the writer was fully alive to its force.
DIDEROT AND THE ENCYCLOPAEDISTS (VOL 1 OF 2)JOHN MORLEYWORDS RELATED TO TRENCHANCY
- IQ
- acuity
- acumen
- agility
- alertness
- aptitude
- brainpower
- brains
- brightness
- brilliance
- capacity
- cleverness
- comprehension
- coruscation
- discernment
- gray matter
- intellect
- judgment
- luminosity
- mentality
- mind
- penetration
- perception
- perspicacity
- precocity
- quickness
- quotient
- reason
- sagacity
- savvy
- sense
- skill
- smarts
- subtlety
- the right stuff
- trenchancy
- understanding
- what it takes
- wit
- 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
- 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
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