Compassion and Mordancy

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Compassion

Compassion noun - Sorrow or the capacity to feel sorrow for another's suffering or misfortune.

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Mordancy is an antonym for compassion.

Nearby Words: compass, compassionate, compassed, compassionately, compassing

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

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Compassion is an antonym for mordancy.

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Mordancy and Compassion. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/compassion/mordancy

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