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
Virulence
Virulence noun - Biting sharpness of feeling or expression.
Usage example: I was surprised by the virulence of the criticism
Nearby Word: virulent
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- severity and mordancy
- severity and virulence
- animosity and mordancy
- animosity and virulence
- sharpness and mordancy
- sharpness and virulence
- tartness and mordancy
- tartness and virulence
- bitterness and mordancy
- bitterness and virulence
- harshness and mordancy
- harshness and virulence
- acidity and mordancy
- acidity and virulence
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