Definition for Mordant:

• A substance which fixes dyes in cloth.

Synonyms for Mordant:

• adj.

  •acid (adjective)
  • hateful,
  • mordant,
  • vitriolic,
  • harsh,
  • nasty,
  • dry,
  • offensive,
  • hurtful.
  •acrid (adjective)
  • austere.
  •acrimonious (adjective)
  • churlish,
  • peevish,
  • rancorous,
  • cranky,
  • tart,
  • belligerent,
  • petulant,
  • irate,
  • indignant,
  • mad,
  • wrathful,
  • ireful,
  • censorious,
  • angry,
  • irascible,
  • testy,
  • spiteful,
  • crabby,
  • cross.
  •all (adjective)
  • grim,
  • black.
  •biting (adjective)
  • withering.
  •caustic (adjective)
  • keen,
  • alkaline,
  • corroding,
  • abrasive.
  •incisive (adjective)
  • crisp,
  • laconic,
  • terse,
  • concise,
  • penetrating,
  • clear-cut,
  • succinct,
  • drilling.
  •ironic/ironical (adjective)
  • incongruous,
  • critical,
  • Jibing,
  • Backbiting,
  • sneering,
  • implausible,
  • satiric,
  • burlesque,
  • witty,
  • twisted,
  • spicy,
  • clever,
  • exaggerated,
  • arrogant,
  • quick-witted,
  • derisive,
  • contemptuous,
  • contradictory,
  • alert,
  • Chaffing,
  • ridiculous,
  • defiant.
  •mordant (adjective)
  • acerbic,
  • disparaging,
  • mean,
  • disrespectful,
  • poignant,
  • cynical,
  • acid,
  • acerb,
  • pointed.
  •pungent (adjective)
  • exciting,
  • zesty,
  • peppery,
  • acute,
  • salt,
  • racy,
  • salty,
  • stringent,
  • piercing,
  • barbed,
  • stimulating,
  • provocative,
  • hot,
  • snappy,
  • telling,
  • salter.
  •sarcastic (adjective)
  • ironical,
  • scorching,
  • taunting,
  • contumelious,
  • cussed,
  • scurrilous,
  • Snarling,
  • captious,
  • ornery*,
  • corrosive,
  • smart-alecky,
  • saucy*,
  • carping,
  • disillusioned,
  • Twitting,
  • backhanded,
  • brusque,
  • scornful,
  • hostile,
  • evil.
  •satirical/satiric (adjective)
  • more parodying,
  • more spoofing,
  • more ridiculing,
  • most bantering,
  • more lampooning,
  • more satiric,
  • most spoofing,
  • most parodying,
  • most ridiculing,
  • more bantering,
  • most lampooning.
  •scathing (adjective)
  • most sulphurous,
  • more sulphurous,
  • most belittling,
  • more belittling.
  •severe (adjective)
  • effortful.
  •stinging (adjective)
  • most aculeate,
  • more aculeate.
  •trenchant (adjective)
  • razor-sharp,
  • the point,
  • to the point.
  •truculent (adjective)
  • co-wing,
  • most invective,
  • more cowing,
  • bad tempered,
  • in human,
  • more terrorizing,
  • more vituperous,
  • more browbeating,
  • more invective,
  • most browbeating,
  • in-human,
  • most cowing,
  • most terrorizing,
  • most vituperous,
  • co wing,
  • badtempered,
  • in-humane.

• n.

  •
  • accusatory,
  • ad hominem,
  • accusing.
  •
  • respect,
  • attack.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • stinging,
  • astringent,
  • ironic,
  • acidic.
  •
  • severe,
  • cutting.
  •
  • sharp.

Antonyms for Mordant:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    good-humored, diplomatic, gentle, constructive, gracious, affable, good-natured, polite, sportive, hospitable, playful, genial, suave, mild, unsarcastic, urbane, smooth, amusing, droll, waggish, merry, sociable, cordial, bland.

Mordant Sentence Examples:

• What a piece of mordant irony it was, that she should have found herself, after all her silly hopes, sobbing in his arms, while he comforted her for her bitter disappointment over not being able to comfort him!

• The practical knowledge of the stage which this gifted enfant terrible of literature contributed was doubtless of great value in the early days of the dramatic adventure, though Moore's free thoughts, frank speech, and mordant irony brought an element of discord into Dublin literary circles, which may well have left Yeats and his associates with a feeling that they had paid too dear for a piper to whose tunes they refused to dance.

Homophones for Mordant:

• martinet.

Hypernym for Mordant:

• n.

  • substance
    antimony potassium tartrate, sodium dichromate, Sodium Bichromate, tartar emetic, chrome alum.

Hyponym for Mordant:

• n.

  • substance
    Colouring Material, coloring material, colour, color.