3
satire(noun, cut, scorn, twist, censure)
3
sharpness(noun, cut, scorn, censure, ridicule)
3
virulence(noun, pain, speech, resentment, hostility)
2
acidness
2
asperity(noun, pain, speech, resentment, hostility)
2
aspersion(noun, cut, dig, mockery, forcefulness)
2
astringency(noun, speech, sharpness, bitterness, spite)
2
bite(noun, sharpness, acerbity, acidity)
2
burlesque(noun, cut, scorn, twist, censure)
2
censure(noun, cut, dig, mockery, forcefulness)
2
comeback(noun, cut, scorn, censure, dig)
2
criticism(noun, cut, twist, humor, dig)
2
cut(noun, informal, dig, mockery, forcefulness)
2
cynicism(noun, cut, resentment, dig, mockery)
2
dig(noun, cut, scorn, censure, informal)
2
forcefulness(brutality, incisiveness)
2
gibe(noun, scorn, disdain, taunt, contempt)
2
harshness(noun, pain, speech, resentment, hostility)
2
incisiveness(sharpness, forcefulness, brutality, sarcasm)
2
invective(noun, cut, dig, mockery, forcefulness)
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