mordant
mordant is a 7-letter English word with 9 senses as adjective, noun, and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. Biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe.
- adjective. Serving to fix colors.
- noun. Any corroding substance used in etching.
- noun. Any substance, as alum or copperas, which, having a twofold attraction for organic fibers and coloring matter, serves as a bond of union, and thus gives fixity to, or bites in, the dyes.
- noun. Any sticky matter by which the gold leaf is made to adhere.
- transitive verb. To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant; as, to mordant goods for dyeing.
- noun. a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process
- adjective. of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
- adjective. harshly ironic or sinister
"black humor"
"a grim joke"
Synonyms
caustic, corrosive, erosive, vitriolic, black, grim
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in mordant:
Common word forms
mordants, mordanted, mordantly, mordanting
Words from these letters
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