Cattiness
Cattiness noun - Biting sharpness of feeling or expression.
Poignancy
Poignancy noun - A harsh or sharp quality.
Usage example: there was a poignancy to his wit that often left his targets smarting
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Synonyms for Poignancy
Cattiness and poignancy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cattiness" instead a noun "Poignancy".
Nearby Words: poignant, poignantly
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- severity and cattiness
- severity and poignancy
- acuteness and cattiness
- acuteness and poignancy
- keenness and cattiness
- keenness and poignancy
- bite and cattiness
- bite and poignancy
- roughness and cattiness
- roughness and poignancy
- edge and cattiness
- edge and poignancy
- pungency and cattiness
- pungency and poignancy
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