Synonyms

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5. caustic, mordant, mordacious, acrimonious, acrid, acidulous, acid, pungent; trenchant, incisive, slashing, scathing; astringent, severe, sharp, sharp-tongued, acerb, acerbic, stern, harsh, austere, stringent; spiteful, virulent, malicious, malificent, venomous, vicious, malevolent, malignant; invidious, hateful.
6. sarcastic, sardonic, scornful, mocking, ridiculing, derisive, derisory; satirical, ironic, ironical, doubleedged, cynical; contemptuous, contumelious, disparaging, sneering, disdainful, supercilious, depreciatory; critical, captious, carping, censorious, faultfinding.
cycle, n. 1. round, revolution, rotation; series,
succession, run, sequence.
2. eon, age, period, epoch, era.
3. bicycle, bike, monocycle, tricycle; motorcycle, quadricycle, scooter, tandem, velocipede.
-v. 4. recur, reoccur, return, reappear; come
again, roll again.
5. ride, go for a ride, drive; motorcycle, bicycle. cyclone, n. windstorm, storm, gale, gust, squall, blast, simoon, sirocco, whirlwind; tornado, hurricane, typhoon, tempest, twister; monsoon.
cynic, n. pessimist, gloom and doomer, Inf. gloomy Gus, naysayer, Sl. crapehanger; misanthrope, man-hater, misogynist; scowler, sneerer, snarler, growler, grumbler; critic, complainer, faultfinder, detractor; scoffer, satirist, carper, caviler, Inf. knocker; skeptic, nullifidian, doubter; killjoy, Sl. partypooper, spoilsport, damper. cynical, adj. 1. skeptical, doubting, doubtful, suspicious, distrustful, disbelieving, unbelieving; critical, captious, hypercritical, carping, caviling, censorious, faultfinding; sarcastic, sardonic, scornful, mocking, ridiculing, derisive, derisory; satirical, ironic, ironical, double-edged; pessimistic, misanthropic, negative; contemptuous, contumelious, disparaging, sneering; disdainful, supercilious, haughty, arrogant.
2. caustic, mordant, mordacious, acrimonious, bitter, acrid, acidulous, acid, pungent; trenchant, cutting, incisive, slashing, scathing; penetrating, piercing, stinging, pricking, nipping, biting; keen, pointed, sharp, sharp-tongued; astringent, severe, acerb, acer bic, stern, harsh, austere, stringent; spiteful, virulent, malicious, malificent, venomous, vicious, malevolent, malignant; insulting, excoriating, denouncing, berating, abusive, scurrilous, offensive, vituperative; mean, brutal, unkind, uncharitable, unbenevolent.
3. abrupt, brusque, blunt, curt, short, gruff, snappish, crusty; peevish, petulant, crabbed, testy, touchy, waspish, irascible, edgy; ill-tempered, ill-humored, ill-natured, short-tempered; hostile, resentful, indignant, piqued, angry; morose, surly, sour, moody. cynicism, n. 1. misanthropy, antisociality, hatred; pessimism, defeatism, malism; skepticism, suspicion, disbelief, distrust.
2. derision, ridicule, scorn, mockery; satire, irony, lampoon, burlesque; contempt, disparagement, disdain, superciliousness, haughtiness, arrogance; criticism, censure, hypercriticalness, captiousness; taunt, fleer, gibe, jeer, flout, scoff, sneer, wipe, quip, nip; abuse, contumely, barb, slur, vituperation, aspersion.
3. acrimony, acrimoniousness, causticity, asperity, mordancy, acridness, acridity, pungency, venom, venomousness, venomness; trenchancy, keenness, incisiveness; virulence, spite, spitefulness, malice, maliciousness, viciousness; astringency, severity, sternness, acerbity, austerity.
4. peevishness, petulance, Rare, petulancy, crabbedness, testiness, touchiness, irascibility, edginess; ill temper, ill-temperedness, short-temperedness, ill humor, ill-humoredness.