caustic
Meanings
Plural: caustics
Noun
- any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue
- Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an escharotic.
- The envelope of reflected or refracted rays of light for a given surface or object.
- The envelope of reflected or refracted rays for a given curve.
- Caustic soda.
Adjective Satellite
- harsh or corrosive in tone
- "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"
- of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
Adj
- Capable of burning, corroding or destroying organic tissue.
- Sharp, bitter, cutting, biting, and sarcastic in a scathing way.
Origin / Etymology
From the Latin causticus (“burning”), from Ancient Greek καυστικός (kaustikós, “burning”), from καυστός (kaustós, “burnt”) + -ικός (-ikós).
Synonyms
acerb, acerbic, acid, acidic, acrid, bitchy, biting, bitter, blistering, burning, catty, corrosive, erosive, mordacious, mordant, nasty, sarcastic, scathing, searing, sharp, spiteful, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic
Scrabble Score: 11
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