caustic
11caustic — I adjective abrasive, abrupt, acerbus, acrid, acrimonious, acute, astringent, austere, biting, brash, burning, corroding, corrosive, cruel, curt, cutting, derisive, derisory, envenomed, erosive, excorciating, excruciating, harsh, hurtful,… …
12caustic — [[t]kɔ͟ːstɪk[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED Caustic chemical substances are very powerful and can dissolve other substances. ...caustic cleaning agents... Remember that this is caustic; use gloves or a spoon. Syn: corrosive 2) ADJ GRADED A caustic remark is… …
13caustic — I. adjective Etymology: Latin causticus, from Greek kaustikos, from kaiein to burn Date: 14th century 1. capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action ; corrosive 2. marked by incisive sarcasm 3. relating to or being the surface or… …
14caustic — caustically, causticly, adv. causticity /kaw stis i tee/, causticness, n. /kaw stik/, adj. 1. capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue. 2. severely critical or sarcastic: a caustic remark. n. 3. a caustic substance. 4. Optics …
15caustic — caus|tic [ˈko:stık US ˈko:s ] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: causticus, from Greek, from kaiein to burn ] 1.) a caustic substance can burn through things by chemical action ▪ caustic soda (=a chemical used for cleaning things) 2.) a… …
16caustic — /ˈkɒstɪk / (say kostik) adjective 1. capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue: caustic soda. 2. severely critical or sarcastic: *with a smile so caustic it might have unblocked a drain –henry handel richardson, 1917. 3. Optics,… …
17caustic — 1. Chemically exerting an effect resembling a burn. 2. An agent producing this effect. 3. Denoting a solution of a strong alkali; e.g., c. soda, NaOH. SYN: pyrotic (2). [G. kaustikos, fr. kaio, to burn] * * * caus·tic kȯ stik …
18caustic — adj. & n. adj. 1 that burns or corrodes organic tissue. 2 sarcastic, biting. 3 Chem. strongly alkaline. 4 Physics formed by the intersection of reflected or refracted parallel rays from a curved surface. n. 1 a caustic substance. 2 Physics a… …
19caustic — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. corrosive, burning; mordant, sarcastic, satirical, biting, acrimonious; severe. See discourtesy, resentment, detraction, feeling. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Corrosive] Syn. burning, strongly… …
20caustic — [ kɔ:stɪk, kɒst ] adjective 1》 able to burn or corrode organic tissue by chemical action. 2》 scathingly sarcastic. 3》 Physics formed by the intersection of reflected or refracted parallel rays from a curved surface. noun 1》 a caustic substance.… …
