1
[ adjective ] capable of wounding

Synonyms

biting barbed pungent nipping

Examples

"a barbed compliment" "a biting aphorism" "pungent satire"

Related terms

sarcastic

2
[ adjective ] biting or given to biting

Examples

"they deliberately gave me a skittish and mordacious mount"

Related terms

dangerous

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Similar Spelling

mordaciously mordacity Mordecai

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