mordacious

Adjective
Synonyms: barbedbitingnippingpungent

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. capable of wounding“a barbed compliment”“a biting aphorism”“pungent satire”Synonyms: barbedbitingnippingpungent
  2. biting or given to biting“they deliberately gave me a skittish and mordacious mount”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Mordacious \Mor*da"cious\, a. [L. mordax, -acis, fr. mordere, morsum, to bite. See Morsel.] Biting; given to biting; hence, figuratively, sarcastic; severe; scathing. -- Mor*da"cious*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]
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