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mordantadjective marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelingsa mordant review of the movie that compared it to having one's teeth pulled for two hours acerb, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulous, acrid, barbed, biting, caustic, corrosive, cutting, pungent, sarcastic, sardonic, satiric(or satirical), scalding, scathing, sharp, smart-aleck, smart-alecky, smart-mouthed, snarky, tart brisk, cross, sharp-tongued, sour, sourish, spiky(also spikey), tartishincisive, keen, poignant, trenchantcynical, dry, ironic(also ironical), wryfacetious, flippant, tongue-in-cheekacrimonious, bitter, resentful, vitriolicharsh, rough, severe, stringentabrupt, blunt, brusque(also brusk), concise, crisp, curt, gruff, pithy, snippety, snippy, succinct, tersebackhanded, insincere amusing, droll, merry, playful, sportive, waggishgentle, mildblandgood-humored, good-natureddiplomatic, polite, smooth, suave, urbaneaffable, cordial, genial, gracious, hospitable, sociable caustic, mordant, acrid, scathing mean stingingly incisive.caustic suggests a biting wit.caustic comments mordant suggests a wit that is used with deadly effectiveness.mordant reviews of the play acrid implies bitterness and often malevolence.acrid invective scathing implies indignant attacks delivered with fierce severity.a scathing satire in the 15th century |