Sentence example with the word 'mordant'

mordant

acerb, asperous, cauterant, edged, harsh, jocular, nimble-witted, pungent, scorching, sprightly, vehement

Definition adj. harshly ironic or sinister

Last update: February 4, 2017


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He was a good speaker, lucid in his lectures, persuasive in conversation; and he had a mordant wit.   [adjective]

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Do not speak mordant words as she is already worried.   [adjective]

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The serious nature of the subject matter is always undercut with Finn 's mordant humor.   [adjective]

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In Bonghis mordant phrase, the foreign policy of Italy during this period may be said to have been characterized by enormous intellectual impotence counterbalanced by equal moral feebleness.   [adverb]

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I was rather pleased at the humour--may I venture to qualify it as mordant.   [Please select]

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It spreads an air of impartiality over the most mordant of Hugo's pages.   [Please select]

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Overcome by the mordant satire in his tone, Mrs.   [Please select]

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_ Aniline Violet, and act as a mordant for it, thus fixing it.   [Please select]

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, act like fibre and mordant together, for they absorb and fix the substantive colours firmly.   [Please select]

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It produces on cotton and wool a bright yellow colour without the aid of any mordant.   [Please select]

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_--Mordant the cotton in the usual way with 1 lb.   [Please select]

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