Animosity
Mordancy
Mordancy noun - Biting sharpness of feeling or expression.
Usage example: the surprising mordancy with which the two physicians contested each other's claim to having discovered an effective vaccine for polio
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- hostility and animosity
- hostility and mordancy
- bitterness and animosity
- bitterness and mordancy
- acerbity and animosity
- acerbity and mordancy
- contempt and animosity
- contempt and mordancy
- malice and animosity
- malice and mordancy
- spite and animosity
- spite and mordancy
- virulence and animosity
- virulence and mordancy
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Mordancy and Animosity. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/animosity/mordancy
Animosity & Mordancy. N.p., 2016. Web. 03 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/animosity/mordancy>.
Mordancy or Animosity. 2016. Accessed August 03, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/animosity/mordancy.
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