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The synonyms of “Caustic” are: corrosive, erosive, mordant, vitriolic, acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, alkaline, burning, stinging, harsh, destructive, sarcastic, cutting, biting, sharp, scathing, derisive, sardonic, ironic, scornful, trenchant, tart, pungent, acrimonious, astringent, critical, polemic, venomous, waspish
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “caustic” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| acerb | Sour or bitter in taste. Dry acerb literate satire. |
| acerbic | Sour or bitter in taste. An acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose. |
| acid | Having the characteristics of an acid. Acid soils. |
| acrid | Harsh or corrosive in tone. Her acrid remarks make her many enemies. |
| acrimonious | Marked by strong resentment or cynicism. An acrimonious dispute. |
| alkaline | Relating to or containing an alkali; having a pH greater than 7. An alkaline soil. |
| astringent | (of taste or smell) slightly acidic or bitter. Astringent cosmetic lotions. |
| biting | Causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold. A cream to ward off biting insects. |
| bitter | Having a sharp, pungent taste or smell; not sweet. Quinine is bitter. |
| blistering | Extremely fast, forceful, or impressive. Burke set a blistering pace. |
| burning | Very keenly or deeply felt; intense. He had a burning ambition to climb to the upper reaches of management. |
| corrosive | Tending to cause corrosion. Corrosive cristism. |
| critical | (of a situation or problem) having the potential to become disastrous; at a point of crisis. A critical attitude. |
| cutting | Capable of cutting something. Cutting remarks. |
| derisive | Expressing contempt or ridicule. He gave a harsh derisive laugh. |
| destructive | Causing great and irreparable damage. The destructive power of weapons. |
| erosive | Wearing away by friction. The erosive effects of waves on the shoreline. |
| harsh | Disagreeable to the senses. Harsh guttural shouts. |
| ironic | Humorously sarcastic or mocking. An ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely. |
| mordant | Of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action. A mordant sense of humour. |
| polemic | Of or involving dispute or controversy. |
| pungent | (of comment, criticism, or humour) having a sharp and caustic quality. He has expressed some fairly pungent criticisms. |
| sarcastic | Marked by or given to using irony in order to mock or convey contempt. I think they re being sarcastic. |
| sardonic | Disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking- Frank Schoenberner- Irwin Edman. Starkey attempted a sardonic smile. |
| scathing | Witheringly scornful; severely critical. She launched a scathing attack on the Prime Minister. |
| scornful | Feeling or expressing contempt or derision. Scornful laughter. |
| sharp | Having or emitting a high pitched and sharp tone or tones. They were greeted by a young man in a sharp suit. |
| stinging | (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character. A stinging pain. |
| sulfurous | Harsh or corrosive in tone. The sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm. |
| sulphurous | Harsh or corrosive in tone. A sulphurous glance. |
| trenchant | (of a weapon or tool) having a sharp edge. Trenchant criticism. |
| venomous | (of an animal, especially a snake) secreting venom, or capable of injecting venom by means of a bite or sting. The venomous tone of her voice. |
| virulent | Harsh or corrosive in tone. Staphylococcus aureus is a common organism whose virulent strains are causing problems. |
| vitriolic | Of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action. Vitriolic outbursts. |
| waspish | Very irritable. He had a waspish tongue. |
| abrade | Wear away. It was a landscape slowly abraded by a fine stinging dust. |
| abrasive | Causing abrasion. The trees were abrasive to the touch. |
| breakable | Things which are fragile and easily broken. An encrypted password isn t easily breakable. |
| brittle | A brittle sweet made from nuts and set melted sugar. Brittle bones. |
| calamitous | (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin. Such calamitous events as fires hurricanes and floods. |
| corrode | Cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid. Over the years copper pipework corrodes. |
| corrosive | A corrosive substance. The corrosive effects of salt water. |
| crushing | Forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority. A crushing blow. |
| delicacy | A choice or expensive food. Miniature pearls of exquisite delicacy. |
| delicate | A delicate fabric or garment. A delicate lace shawl. |
| destructive | Causing great and irreparable damage. Destructive criticism. |
| devastate | Cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly. She was devastated by the loss of Damian. |
| effeminacy | The trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man. The students associated science with masculinity and arts with effeminacy. |
| emaciation | Extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease. Thin to the point of emaciation. |
| erosive | Of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action. The erosive effects of waves on the shoreline. |
| fatal | Controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined. There were three fatal flaws in the strategy. |
| flagging | Becoming tired or less dynamic; declining in strength. There was a pile of flagging waiting to be laid in place. |
| fragile | Easily broken or damaged or destroyed. A small fragile old lady. |
| fragility | The quality of being easily broken or damaged. His emotional fragility. |
| friable | Easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder. The soil was friable between her fingers. |
| gnaw | Bite at or nibble something persistently. The doubts continued to gnaw at me. |
| iconoclasm | The rejection or destruction of religious images as heretical; the doctrine of iconoclasts. |
| infirm | Lacking firmness of will or character or purpose – Shakespeare. Those who were old or infirm. |
| particulate | Composed of distinct particles. Particulate pollution. |
| rotten | To an extreme degree; very much. He s had rotten luck this year. |
| ruinous | Causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin. A ruinous effect on the environment. |
| rust | A plant disease that produces a reddish brown discoloration of leaves and stems caused by various rust fungi. Paint protects your car from rust. |
| vitriolic | Harsh or corrosive in tone. Vitriolic outbursts. |
| weak | Relating to or denoting the weakest of the known kinds of force between particles which acts only at distances less than about 10 cm is very much weaker than the electromagnetic and the strong interactions and conserves neither strangeness parity nor isospin. The weak link in the chain. |
| weakly | In a way that lacks strength or force. If the lambs were weakly we had to feed them by hand. |
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