Word: mordant

Category: mordant

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Synonyms: mordant

caustic, trenchant, biting, cutting, acerbic, sardonic, sarcastic, scathing, acid, sharp, keen, critical, bitter, virulent, vitriolic, corrosive, erosive, grim, black

Translations: mordant

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spanish
Translations:
mordaz, mordiente, mordiente de, mordente
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german
Translations:
beißend, beize, beizmittel, Beize, Beizmittel, Beizen, Beizmittels
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french
Translations:
mordant, âcre, mordante, de mordant, mordant de, par mordançage
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italian
Translations:
mordente, caustico, caustico il, mordenti, mordace
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portuguese
Translations:
mordente, mordaz, o mordente
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dutch
Translations:
bijtend, bijtmiddel, beitsmidddel, bijtende
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russian
Translations:
саркастический, язвительный, въедливый, едкий, протрава, протравы, протраву, морилка
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norwegian
Translations:
acid, beisemiddel, beise
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swedish
Translations:
betningsmedel, betmedel, betnings, betningsmedlet
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finnish
Translations:
pureva, peittana, peittavärit, peittaavina, peittausainetta
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danish
Translations:
bejdsemiddel, bidende, ætsende, bejdsestof, bejdsemidler
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czech
Translations:
sarkastický, Mořidla, mořidly, kousavý, mořidlo
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polish
Translations:
bejca, zjadliwy, zaprawowy, ostry, gryzący
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hungarian
Translations:
maró, marósav, színerősítő, pácfesték, pác
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turkish
Translations:
iğneleyici, mordan, mordansız, dokunaklı, içine işleyen
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greek
Translations:
δηκτικός, σαρκαστικός, προστύψεως, πρόστυμμα, πρόστυψης
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ukrainian
Translations:
протрава, протрава під, протрава для, протравлення, протруювач
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albanian
Translations:
sarkastik, acid, therës, fiksues, thumbues
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bulgarian
Translations:
байц, фиксиращо средство, стипцовка, се багрила, фиксатор
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belarusian
Translations:
протрава
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estonian
Translations:
salvav, peitsvärvained, peitsist, peitsivee
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croatian
Translations:
mordan, zajedljiv, sarkastičan, jedak, oštar
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lithuanian
Translations:
beicas, kandikas, kandikinis, dažus fiksuojanti medžiaga, gailus
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latvian
Translations:
kodinātājs, kodinātāju, kodinātāji, kodinātājus
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macedonian
Translations:
саркастичниот, фиксатор
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romanian
Translations:
caustic, sarcastica, baiț, baituri
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slovenian
Translations:
jedkim, jedkanjem, z jedkim, Zajedljiv, Mordant
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slovak
Translations:
sarkastický, sarkazmus, sarkastiký

The meaning and "use of": mordant

adjective
  • (especially of humor) having or showing a sharp or critical quality; biting. - a mordant sense of humor
noun
  • a substance, typically an inorganic oxide, that combines with a dye or stain and thereby fixes it in a material. - In order to get the color to stick well on the fiber, the wool was usually pretreated with a metal compound called a mordant; common mordants , still used in craft dying, are compounds of aluminum, iron, copper, tin, and chromium.
verb
  • impregnate or treat (a fabric) with a mordant. - The yarn would usually be mordanted with oxalic acid from wood sorrel, iron, or even an alkaline solution made from stale urine.

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