mordantadjective
uk/ˈmɔː.dənt/us/ˈmɔːr.dənt/formal(especially of humour) cruel and criticizing in a humorous way:
mordant wit/humour
a mordant remark
Synonym
biting
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Unkind, cruel & unfeeling
- acerbic
- acidly
- backbite
- backbiting
- backhanded
- barbaric
- bilious
- cruelty
- cutthroat
- fiendish
- hard-hearted
- have a heart of stone idiom
- insensible
- malign
- remorseless
- ruthless
- sadism
- sadist
- savagery
- waspish
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mordantly
adverb uk/ˈmɔː.dənt.li/us/ˈmɔːr.dənt.li/