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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.
7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 9 senses
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- 1adjective
Biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe.
- 2adjective
Serving to fix colors.
- 3noun
Any corroding substance used in etching.
- 4noun
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.
- 5noun
Any sticky matter by which the gold leaf is made to adhere.
- 6transitive verb
To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant; as, to mordant goods for dyeing.
- 7noun
a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process
- 8adjective
of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
- 9adjective
harshly ironic or sinister
"black humor"
"a grim joke"
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