Hostility
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
- animosity and hostility
- animosity and mordancy
- bitterness and hostility
- bitterness and mordancy
- malice and hostility
- malice and mordancy
- spite and hostility
- spite and mordancy
- virulence and hostility
- virulence and mordancy
- ill will and hostility
- ill will and mordancy
- malevolence and hostility
- malevolence and mordancy
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Mordancy and Hostility. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hostility/mordancy
Hostility & Mordancy. N.p., 2016. Web. 03 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hostility/mordancy>.
Mordancy or Hostility. 2016. Accessed August 03, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hostility/mordancy.
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