Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Given to biting; biting.
- adjective Caustic; sarcastic.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Biting; given to biting.
- Acrid; violent in action.
- Sarcastic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Biting; given to biting; hence, figuratively, sarcastic; severe; scathing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Biting, causing a physical
bite orsting ;corrosive - adjective
sharp orcaustic in style or tone. - adjective Prone to
biting , aggressive (of an animal etc.). - adjective Sharp in intent,
sarcastic
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective capable of wounding
- adjective biting or given to biting
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"You must forgive the Maestra for her characteristic mordacious tone, Consejal Pejeno," Betina du Zabala of the Gremio Poetica said, smiling oddly at her great rival.
Archive 2004-01-01 Dean Francis Alfar 2004
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"You must forgive the Maestra for her characteristic mordacious tone, Consejal Pejeno," Betina du Zabala of the Gremio Poetica said, smiling oddly at her great rival.
notes from the peanut gallery Dean Francis Alfar 2004
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But with one great and splendid virtue was he endowed in the eyes of the enemies of the House of Borgia -- contemporary, and subsequent down to our times -- a most profound, unchristian, and mordacious hatred of all
The Life of Cesare Borgia Rafael Sabatini 1912
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Calvinist, vented in his writings a mordacious hatred of the Papacy and of the religion from which he had seceded.
The Life of Cesare Borgia Rafael Sabatini 1912
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Hard, mordacious, no man's friend ... that was the
Wolf Breed Jackson Gregory 1912
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But with one great and splendid virtue was he endowed in the eyes of the enemies of the House of Borgia -- contemporary, and subsequent down to our times -- a most profound, unchristian, and mordacious hatred of all Borgias.
The Life of Cesare Borgia Sabatini, Rafael, 1875-1950 1912
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This Tommaso Tommasi, whose real name was Gregorio Leti -- and it is under this that such works of his as are reprinted are published nowadays -- was a most prolific author of the seventeenth century, who, having turned Calvinist, vented in his writings a mordacious hatred of the Papacy and of the religion from which he had seceded.
The Life of Cesare Borgia Sabatini, Rafael, 1875-1950 1912
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Unable longer to endure the lash of his mordacious wit, Shaynon turned and left them alone on the balcony.
The Day of Days An Extravaganza Louis Joseph Vance 1906
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his name is elijah sandalphon. i'm mordacious schadenfreude. we are going to wrestle. cage match.
mordicai: crown me king! mordicai 2003
qms commented on the word mordacious
Romanians mostly are gracious,
With smiles on their welcoming faces,
But should it transpire
You've met a vampire
Then count on him turning mordacious.
May 10, 2017