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Synonyms for mordacious

  • adjective

Most common

cutting biting sarcastic caustic

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Biting — biting, causing a physical bite or sting; corrosive

biting, caustic, cutting, sharp, keen, sarcastic, poignant, stinging, pungent, mordant, barbed, nipping, piercing, tart, satirical, penetrating, incisive, acrimonious, acrid, trenchant

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Biting, causing a physical bite or sting; corrosive

Related words

Word family
mordant

Example sentences

  • cutting Banks are cutting lending to industrial borrowers.
  • biting You don't have to play outside in the biting wind.
  • sarcastic I wonder whether Tom and Mary are being sarcastic.
  • caustic Our English teacher likes to make caustic comments.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
mordacioussteady
cuttingsteady
bitingrising
sarcasticrising
causticfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
keen1, tart1
5 letters
sharp1, acrid2
6 letters
biting2, barbed1
7 letters
cutting2, caustic2, pungent2, nipping2, mordant2
8 letters
piercing2, poignant2, stinging2, incisive3
9 letters
sarcastic3, satirical4, trenchant2
11 letters
penetrating4, acrimonious5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (acrid2 = 2 syllables).