Gruffness
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
- severity and gruffness
- severity and mordancy
- hostility and gruffness
- hostility and mordancy
- sharpness and gruffness
- sharpness and mordancy
- tartness and gruffness
- tartness and mordancy
- bitterness and gruffness
- bitterness and mordancy
- harshness and gruffness
- harshness and mordancy
- acidity and gruffness
- acidity and mordancy
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Mordancy and Gruffness. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/gruffness/mordancy
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