Crossness
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 crossness
- hostility and mordancy
- sharpness and crossness
- sharpness and mordancy
- tartness and crossness
- tartness and mordancy
- bitterness and crossness
- bitterness and mordancy
- acerbity and crossness
- acerbity and mordancy
- acrimony and crossness
- acrimony and mordancy
- rancor and crossness
- rancor and mordancy
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Mordancy and Crossness. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/crossness/mordancy
Crossness & Mordancy. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/crossness/mordancy>.
Mordancy or Crossness. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/crossness/mordancy.
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