Detailed description and alternate definitions of the word 'mordant':
A reagent, such as tannic acid, that fixes dyes to cells, tissues, or textiles or other materials.
A corrosive substance, such as an acid, used in etching.
To treat with a mordant.
Incisive and trenchant.
Bitingly painful.
Serving to fix colors in dyeing.
Bitingly sarcastic.
Synonyms of word 'mordant' :
erosive
vitriolic
corrosive
black
caustic
grim
Usage of the word 'mordant' in Sentences :
mordant used to be identified.
mordant wit.
mordant humor.
mordant comedy about getting ahead in the corporate world.
mordant sarcasm and then clear-sighted opposition to convention increasingly broke through.
Usage of the word 'mordant' in popular media :
Washington Post —
“the cripple of inishmaan" revels in the
mordant style of humor that is his signature....
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Wall Street Journal —
“pj harvey addresses her countryæ’??s history of war with
mordant wit and a beat you can (almost) dance to.....
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