mordancy (Meaning)

mordancy

a sharply critical or bitter quality of thought or feeling, a biting and caustic quality of style

The mordancy of the critic's words cut deep into the novelist's psyche.
The bitter mordancy of the satire exposed the hypocrisy of the ruling class.
The lawyer's cross-examination dripped with mordancy, undermining the defendant's credibility.
The writer's prose had a mordancy that both delighted and disturbed readers.
The artist's depiction of the human condition was characterized by stark mordancy.
The politician's speech was filled with mordant witticisms that drew gasps from the audience.
The drama's climax was imbued with a mordancy that left viewers feeling shaken and unsettled.
The historian's account of the war was written with a mordancy that conveyed the horrors of conflict.
The poem's mordant tone reflected the poet's disillusionment with life.
The film's mordant humor provided a darkly comic perspective on the human experience.

a sharply critical or bitter quality of thought or feeling, a biting and caustic quality of style

bitterness, malice, virulency, bile, hostility, anger, virulence, severity, corrosiveness, tartness

warmth, compassion, civility,diplomacy, cordiality, sympathy, geniality, politeness, softness, tenderness

The mordancy of the critic's words cut deep into the novelist's psyche.

The bitter mordancy of the satire exposed the hypocrisy of the ruling class.

The lawyer's cross-examination dripped with mordancy, undermining the defendant's credibility.

The writer's prose had a mordancy that both delighted and disturbed readers.