mord
to bite
Latin · mordere / morsus
Mord and mors come from Latin mordere, to bite. Remorse is guilt that bites the conscience, mordant describes biting wit, and a morsel is a small bite of food.
Memory trick
Re-morse: guilt that bites you again and again.
Words from this root
- remorse (re + mors + e) — deep regret for a wrongगहरा पश्चाताप
- remorseful (re + mors + e + ful) — full of regretपछताने वाला
- remorsefully (re + mors + e + ful + ly) — in a regretful wayपछतावे के साथ
- remorsefulness (re + mors + e + ful + ness) — state of regretपश्चाताप की अवस्था
- remorseless (re + mors + e + less) — without regret or pityनिर्मम, पछतावाहीन
- remorselessly (re + mors + e + less + ly) — in a pitiless wayनिर्ममता से
- unremorseful (un + re + mors + e + ful) — not sorryजिसे पछतावा न हो
- mordant (mord + ant) — sharp, biting in speechतीखा, कटाक्षपूर्ण
- mordantly (mord + ant + ly) — in a sharply critical wayतीखी आलोचना के साथ
- mordacious (mord + acious) — biting, sarcasticकटु, व्यंग्यपूर्ण
- mordacity (mord + acity) — biting sharpness of speechवाणी की कटुता
- morsel (mors + el) — small bite or piece of foodभोजन का छोटा टुकड़ा