caustic
capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue.
severely critical or sarcastic: a caustic remark.
a caustic substance.
Optics.
Origin of caustic
1Other words for caustic
Other words from caustic
- caus·ti·cal·ly, caus·tic·ly, adverb
- caus·tic·i·ty [kaw-stis-i-tee], /kɔˈstɪs ɪ ti/, caus·tic·ness, noun
- non·caus·tic, adjective
- non·caus·ti·cal·ly, adverb
- o·ver·caus·tic, adjective
- o·ver·caus·ti·cal·ly, adverb
- o·ver·caus·tic·i·ty, noun
- un·caus·tic, adjective
- un·caus·ti·cal·ly, adverb
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How to use caustic in a sentence
These are endeavors one would be unlikely to attempt without a space to screw things up or spill caustic liquids or explode an engine or two without ruining your carpet.
Like many of the project’s most caustic tracks, it’s almost certainly about Jonas, who really just continues to be a disappointment.
Taylor Swift’s new take on ‘Fearless’ piles on the nostalgia, along with some revenge | Allison Stewart | April 12, 2021 | Washington PostOn state media, the usual array of caustic language were on full display.
Running the gamut from unpacking the shame she felt growing up as the daughter of Korean immigrants to deconstructing her identification with the uncomfortable, caustic comedy of Richard Pryor, Hong’s essays are at once candid, complex and gutting.
A Reading List to Celebrate Asian Authors, From Members of TIME's Asian Community | Karena Phan | March 24, 2021 | TimeThe caustic electrolyte in conventional zinc-air batteries can also degrade the cathode and anode.
Zinc-air batteries are typically single-use. A new design could change that | Maria Temming | January 5, 2021 | Science News
Why do you think that until know you have been cast as the caustic wife in other pieces?
‘Surviving Jack’ Star Rachael Harris Is No Longer ‘The Bitch' | Kevin Fallon | March 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHer father left his entire £2 million fortune to his brother, explaining his decision in a caustic rider to his will.
The Week in Death: Clarissa Dickson Wright, One of ‘Two Fat Ladies’ | The Telegraph | March 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen his companion reacts to his confession with a caustic joke, he says, confused, “So it makes a difference does it?”
The Laboratory of Real Life in Caryl Churchill’s “Love and Information” | Liesl Schillinger | February 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPerhaps the most caustic anti-Republican riff came from Al Gore.
Please Don’t Compare House Republicans to Iran or Syria, OK? | Michelle Cottle | October 1, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd she does it all with caustic wit and some less-than-charming winking.
Lucille Bluth’s Best Mothering Moments in ‘Arrested Development’ (VIDEO) | Jean Trinh | May 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAmorphous urates are readily soluble in caustic soda solutions.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddCrystals of calcium oxalate are insoluble in acetic acid or caustic soda.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddThis I attribute to the potash being in a little more caustic condition than when recrystallised with iodine.
Page after page—full of caustic satire, humorous sally and profound epigram—fairly bristles with merriment.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeMr. Stanley replied in a speech of caustic severity, which the agitators of Ireland have never forgotten or forgiven.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
British Dictionary definitions for caustic
/ (ˈkɔːstɪk) /
capable of burning or corroding by chemical action: caustic soda
sarcastic; cutting: a caustic reply
of, relating to, or denoting light that is reflected or refracted by a curved surface
Also called: caustic surface a surface that envelops the light rays reflected or refracted by a curved surface
Also called: caustic curve a curve formed by the intersection of a caustic surface with a plane
chem a caustic substance, esp an alkali
Origin of caustic
1Derived forms of caustic
- caustical, adjective
- caustically, adverb
- causticity (kɔːˈstɪsɪtɪ) or causticness, noun
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