mordant

/ˈmɔːrdənt/

biting, corrosive wit

mordant in a sentence

“Her mordant review closed three restaurants' worth of pretension.”

French mordre to bite, from Latin mordere

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amusing in an odd, understated way

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sharp and sour in tone

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detached, precise, and emotionless

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songlike, expressive, emotionally rich

elegiac

mournful for something lost

irreverent

cheerfully disrespectful toward what is usually treated as sacred