mordant
a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing;
aids in dyeing process
• Hypernyms:
coloring material, colouring material, color, colour
• Hyponyms:
chrome alum, tartar emetic, antimony potassium tartrate, sodium dichromate, sodium bichromate
1. harshly ironic or sinister
- black humor
- a grim joke
- grim laughter
- fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit
• Syn:
black, grim
• Similar to:
sarcastic
• Derivationally related forms:
grimness (for: grim)
2. of a substance, especially a strong acid;
capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
• Syn:
caustic, corrosive, erosive, vitriolic
• Similar to:
destructive
• Derivationally related forms:
vitriol (for: vitriolic), erode (for: erosive), corrosive (for: corrosive), corrode (for: corrosive), caustic (for: caustic)
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