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mordant, saturnine

adj. bitter or scornful; "the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips...twisted with disdain"- Oscar Wilde

bitter, acrimonious, rancorous, resentful

adj. marked by strong resentment or cynicism; "an acrimonious dispute"; "bitter about the divorce"

fractious, cranky, irritable, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, testy, tetchy, techy

adj. easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

bitter, biting

adj. causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold; "bitter cold"; "a biting wind"

sharp, crisp, razor-sharp

adj. very clearly delineated; "razor-sharp definition"

corrosive, caustic, erosive, vitriolic

adj. of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action

abrasive, scratchy

adj. causing abrasion

dry, ironic, ironical, pawky, wry

adj. humorously sarcastic or mocking; "dry humor"; "an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"; "an ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry Scottish wit"

sneering, supercilious, snide

adj. expressive of contempt; "curled his lip in a supercilious smile"; "spoke in a sneering jeering manner"; "makes many a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one"

jeering, derisive, derisory, mocking

adj. abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule; "derisive laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking smile"; "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'"

barbed, biting, nipping, pointed, pungent

adj. capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"

ironic, ironical

adj. characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is; "madness, an ironic fate for such a clear thinker"; "it was ironical that the well-planned scheme failed so completely"

satiric, satirical

adj. exposing human folly to ridicule; "a persistent campaign of mockery by the satirical fortnightly magazine"

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