All mordacious synonyms
mor·da·cious
M m adjective mordacious
- biting — Biting wind or cold is extremely cold.
adj mordacious
- acerbic — sour in taste
- acid — An acid is a chemical substance, usually a liquid, which contains hydrogen and can react with other substances to form salts. Some acids burn or dissolve other substances that they come into contact with.
- acidic — Acidic substances contain acid.
- acrid — An acrid smell or taste is strong and sharp, and usually unpleasant.
- acrimonious — Acrimonious words or quarrels are bitter and angry.
- astringent — An astringent is a liquid that you put on your skin to make it less oily or to make cuts stop bleeding.
- bitter — In a bitter argument or conflict, people argue very angrily or fight very fiercely.
- caustic — Caustic chemical substances are very powerful and can dissolve other substances.
- corrosive — A corrosive substance is able to destroy solid materials by a chemical reaction.
- cutting — A cutting is a piece of writing which has been cut from a newspaper or magazine.
- incisive — penetrating; cutting; biting; trenchant: an incisive tone of voice.
- mordant — sharply caustic or sarcastic, as wit or a speaker; biting.
- pungent — sharply affecting the organs of taste or smell, as if by a penetrating power; biting; acrid.
- scathing — bitterly severe, as a remark: a scathing review of the play.
- severe — harsh; unnecessarily extreme: severe criticism; severe laws.
- sharp — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
- slashing — a sweeping stroke, as with a knife, sword, or pen.
- trenchant — incisive or keen, as language or a person; caustic; cutting: trenchant wit.
- truculent — fierce; cruel; savagely brutal.
- vitriolic — of, relating to, or resembling vitriol.
- withering — to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.