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MORDACIOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mordacious mean? 

MORDACIOUS (adjective)
  The adjective MORDACIOUS has 2 senses:

1. capable of woundingplay

2. biting or given to bitingplay

  Familiarity information: MORDACIOUS used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MORDACIOUS (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Capable of wounding

Synonyms:

barbed; biting; mordacious; nipping; pungent

Context example:

pungent satire

Similar:

sarcastic (expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Biting or given to biting

Context example:

they deliberately gave me a skittish and mordacious mount

Similar:

dangerous; unsafe (involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm)

Derivation:

mordacity (a disposition to biting)


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