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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Spite and Mordancy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/mordancy/spite
Mordancy & Spite. N.p., 2016. Web. 03 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/mordancy/spite>.
Spite or Mordancy. 2016. Accessed August 03, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/mordancy/spite.
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