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71bitterness — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The quality of being bitter to the tongue] Syn. tartness, piquancy, pungency, astringency, acidity, acerbity, sourness, acridity, brackishness, brininess, sharpness, harshness. Ant. sweetness*, blandness, delectability. 2.… …
72sarcasm — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. satire, irony, banter, derision, contempt, scoffing, flouting, superciliousness, ridicule, burlesque, disparagement, criticism, cynicism, invective, censure, lampooning, aspersion, sneering, mockery. Ant. flattery, fawning …
73tartness — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. sourness, acidity, acridity; see bitterness 1 …
74causticity — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Irony or bitterness, as of tone: acerbity, acidity, acridity, corrosiveness, mordacity, mordancy, sarcasm, trenchancy. See LAUGHTER, RESPECT …
75corrosiveness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Irony or bitterness, as of tone: acerbity, acidity, acridity, causticity, mordacity, mordancy, sarcasm, trenchancy. See LAUGHTER, RESPECT …
76mordancy — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Irony or bitterness, as of tone: acerbity, acidity, acridity, causticity, corrosiveness, mordacity, sarcasm, trenchancy. See LAUGHTER, RESPECT …
77trenchancy — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Irony or bitterness, as of tone: acerbity, acidity, acridity, causticity, corrosiveness, mordacity, mordancy, sarcasm. See LAUGHTER, RESPECT …
78Unsavoriness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Unsavoriness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 unsavoriness unsavoriness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 amaritude amaritude Sgm: N 1 acrimony acrimony acridity Sgm: N 1 roughness roughness &c.(sour) 397 Sgm: N …
79acrid — [ akrɪd] adjective unpleasantly bitter or pungent. Derivatives acridity noun acridly adverb Origin C18: formed irregularly from L. acer, acri sharp, pungent + id1; prob. influenced by acid …
80acerbity — n. 1. Sourness, astringency, roughness, acidity, acidness, tartness, acridity, acridness, bitterness. 2. Acrimony, acrimoniousness, severity, harshness, sternness, asperity, bitterness, venom, rancor, crabbedness, churlishness, moroseness,… …
