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mordacious - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'mordacious' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Mordacious [ a.]
- Biting; given to biting; hence, figuratively, sarcastic; severe; scathing.

Meaning of 'mordacious' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . mordacious [ s]
Meaning (1):
- capable of wounding
Example in sentence:
  • a barbed compliment;
  • a biting aphorism;
  • pungent satire
Meaning (2):
- biting or given to biting
Example in sentence:
  • they deliberately gave me a skittish and mordacious mount

Nearby Words:

mora moraine morainic moral morale moraler moralism moralist moralities morality

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