ADJECTIVE | all | mordacious, barbed, biting, nipping, pungent | capable of wounding |
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all | mordacious | biting or given to biting |
Meaning | capable of wounding. | |
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Synonyms | barbed, biting, nipping, pungent | |
Broader | sarcastic | Expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds |
Spanish | mordaz | |
Adverbs | mordaciously | in a mordacious manner |
Meaning | biting or given to biting. | |
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Example | "they deliberately gave me a skittish and mordacious mount" | |
Broader | dangerous, unsafe | Involving or causing danger or risk |
Spanish | mordedor | |
Nouns | mordacity | a disposition to biting |
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