1. The quality of being mordacious; sharpness or severity of speech, wit, or manner; biting sarcasm or criticism.
Usage: Plural form of mordacity.; Formal or literary usage.

Examples

• The critic's mordacities in her review left the author feeling wounded.
• His mordacities were legendary among colleagues, who both feared and admired his cutting remarks.
• The speaker's mordacities masked a deeper concern for the issues at hand.
• She delivered her observations with such mordacities that the audience wasn't sure whether to laugh or cringe.
• The novel is filled with the author's characteristic mordacities and dark humor.