Synonyms of mordancy

mordancy

noun

as in virulency

biting sharpness of feeling or expression

the surprising mordancy with which the two physicians contested each other's claim to having discovered an effective vaccine for polio

Synonyms & Similar Words

• virulency
• severity
• hostility
• bitterness
• virulence
• bile
• corrosiveness
• anger
• malice
• acidity
• acidness
• acrimony
• vitriol
• venom
• acridity
• sour grapes
• tartness
• spite
• acridness
• asperity
• resentment
• harshness
• discourteousness
• cattiness
• coldness
• crossness
• sternness
• vehemence
• jealousy
• gruffness
• incivility
• rudeness
• malevolence
• jaundice
• sourness
• impoliteness
• animosity
• iciness
• relentlessness
• ungraciousness
• scorn
• vindictiveness
• surliness
• spleen
• rancor
• gall
• pique
• nastiness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• diplomacy
• kindness
• politeness
• warmth
• sweetness
• softness
• sympathy
• civility
• tenderness
• graciousness
• geniality
• compassion
• courtesy
• tactfulness
• smoothness
• urbanity
• cordiality
• suavity
• suaveness
• oiliness
• unctuousness

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• diplomacy
• kindness
• politeness
• warmth
• sweetness
• softness
• sympathy
• civility
• tenderness
• graciousness
• geniality
• compassion
• courtesy
• tactfulness
• smoothness
• urbanity
• cordiality
• suavity
• suaveness
• oiliness
• unctuousness

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