mordacious

mordacious is a 10-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Biting; given to biting; hence, figuratively, sarcastic; severe; scathing. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 18 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Biting; given to biting; hence, figuratively, sarcastic; severe; scathing.
2. adjective. biting or given to biting

   "they deliberately gave me a skittish and mordacious mount"

3. adjective. capable of wounding

   "a barbed compliment"

   "a biting aphorism"

   Synonyms: barbed, biting, nipping, pungent

Synonyms

barbed, biting, nipping, pungent

Common word forms

mordaciously

Words from these letters

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