noun
- Irony or bitterness, as of tone: acerbity, acidity, acridity, causticity, corrosiveness, mordacity, mordancy, sarcasm. See laughter, respect/contempt/standing.
| Thesaurus: trenchancy |
noun
| WordNet: trenchancy |
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect
Synonym: incisiveness
| trenchant | |
| Andris Grinbergs (art) | |
| Petit pièces (2), for piano, Op. 60 (Classical Work) |
Copyrights:
![]() | Thesaurus. Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more | |
![]() | WordNet. WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Read more |
Mentioned in