Harshness
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 harshness
- severity and mordancy
- keenness and harshness
- keenness and mordancy
- bite and harshness
- bite and mordancy
- pungency and harshness
- pungency and mordancy
- sharpness and harshness
- sharpness and mordancy
- tartness and harshness
- tartness and mordancy
- bitterness and harshness
- bitterness and mordancy
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