mordant in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
mordant in Sindhi سنڌي
mordant in English
- mordant⇄adj. 1. biting; cutting; sarcastic.
Ex. a mordant sense of humor. The mordant criticism hurt his feelings. Restraining his tongue from mordant allusions to that ""prancing, red-haired fellow"" (John Galsworthy).
(SYN) caustic.
2. that - mordant⇄adv. mordantly.
- mordant⇄mordant, adjective, noun, verb.
- mordant⇄noun 1. a substance that fixes colors in dyeing, such as tannic acid or a salt of a metal or metallic compound. A mordant acts by combining in a chemical reaction with a dye to form an insoluble compound that will not wash from the fibers, as of cloth or
- mordant⇄v.t. to treat with a mordant.
Ex. The cloth may be ... mordanted as usual with tin, and then dyed (Ernest Spon).