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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, acerbic, stern, harsh, austere, stringent; spiteful, virulent, malicious, malificent, venomous, vicious, malevolent, malignant; invidious, hateful.
3. insulting, excoriating, denouncing, berating, lashing; abusive, scurrilous, offensive, vituperative; corrosive, corroding, erosive, withering; cruel, mean, brutal; unkind, uncharitable, unbenevolent, uncordial, unamiable, unfriendly.
4. abrupt, brusque, blunt, curt, short, gruff, 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. sardonic, adj. scornful, mocking, cynical, contemptuous, contumelious, sneering, disdainful; caustic, mordant, mordacious, acrimonious, bitter, acrid, acidulous, acid, pungent; trenchant, cutting, incisive, slashing, scathing; sarcastic, biting, harsh, keen, pointed, sharp, sharp-tongued; astringent, severe, acerb, acerbic; spiteful, virulent, malicious, malificent, venomous, vicious, malevolent, malignant. See also sarcastic (defs. 1-4). sass, n. 1. Informal, impudence, insolence, sauciness, Inf. sauce, Inf. cheek, Inf. sassiness; Inf. back talk, Sl. lip, Sl. mouth, Sl. mouthing off, Sl. smarting off; discourtesy, rudeness, incivility, impertinence, flippancy, brashness, disrespect, disdain, contempt, derision, Sl. freshness, Sl. fresh talk; impudent talk, audacity, effrontery, boldness, presumption, brazenness.
-v. 2. Informal, be impudent, be insolent, back- talk, talk back, Inf. answer back, Inf. sauce, Inf. give [s.o.] lip, Inf. mouth off, Sl. get fresh, Sl. get smart, Dial, sass back; forget one's place, forget oneself, dare, presume, take liberties, make bold, speak out of turn. Satan, n. 1. Lucifer, Mephistopheles, Beelzebub, Sathan, Sathanas; Moloch, Belial, Clootie, Scot. Horn-ie, Japanese Myth. Oni, Jewish Myth. Asmodeus; Abaddon, Apollyon, Diabolus, Azazel, Islamic Myth. Elbis, Iblis.
2. the Devil, the Evil One, the Wicked One, prince of darkness, prince of sinners, Spirit of Evil, monarch of hell, prince of liars, evil incarnate; Lord of the Flies, Lord of Vermin, the Serpent, the dragon, the goat, seirizzin, the dickens, the deuce; the Adversary, the Tempter, Foul Fiend, the Archfiend, the Archdemon; Old One, Old Bogy, Old Boy, Old Scratch; Old Harry, Old Davy, Nick, Old Nick; All Scot. the Auld Ane, the Deil, Auld Clubfoot, Auld Nick. satanic, adj. 1. diabolic, diabolical, devilish, fiendish, ghoulish; Mephistophelian, demonic, demoniac, demoniacal, demonian, cacodemonic; infernal, hellish.
2. wicked, iniquitous, evil, sinful, odious, Obs. scelerous; impious, unholy, ungodly, godless; base, vile, sinister, dire, dark, dreadful, baleful, black; black-hearted, corrupt, depraved, vicious, Archaic. facinorous; profligate, immoral, dissolute, vitiated, perverted, perverse; pestilential, malevolent, malicious, malign, maleficent, malefic, fell, venomous; nefarious, flagitious, unspeakable, villainous, heinous; damnable, abominable, execrable, horrible, horrid, hideous, monstrous, atrocious, accursed; hateful, detestable, infamous, despicable, loathsome, abhorrent. sate, v. 1. fill, satisfy, suffice, satiate. See satiate (def. 2).