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What (who) is Caustic - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Caustics; Caustic (disambiguation)
caustic
I. n.
Catheretic, mordent, erosive.
II. a.
1.
Erosive, mordent, corrosive, corroding, catheretic, consuming, acrid, virulent, eating.
2.
Burning, scalding, scathing, stinging, biting, sharp, cutting, bitter, severe, sarcastic, satirical.
caustic
1.
Caustic chemical substances are very powerful and can dissolve other substances.
...caustic cleaning agents...
Remember that this is caustic; use gloves or a spoon.
= corrosive
ADJ
2.
A caustic remark is extremely critical, cruel, or bitter. (FORMAL)
His abrasive wit and caustic comments were an interviewer's nightmare...
= bitter, acid
ADJ
Caustic
·adj A caustic curve or caustic surface.
II. Caustic ·adj ·Alt. of Caustical.
III. Caustic ·adj Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an Escharotic.
Wikipedia
Caustic
Caustic most commonly refers to:
- Causticity, the property of being able to corrode organic tissue
- Sodium hydroxide, sometimes called caustic soda
- Potassium hydroxide, sometimes called caustic potash
- Calcium oxide, sometimes called caustic lime
Caustic may also refer to:
- Caustic (band), an American industrial/powernoise band
- Caustic (mathematics), the envelope of rays reflected or refracted by a manifold
- Caustic (optics), optic phenomenon due to light rays reflecting/refracting through curved surfaces/objects
- Caustic Graphics, a graphics technology developer, part of Imagination Technologies
- Caustic Window, an alias of Aphex Twin (electronic musician Richard D. James)
- A playable character in the battle royale game Apex Legends
Examples of use of Caustic
1. He was shrewd, caustic, competitive and ingenious.
2. Bloggers digital diarists are sparky, caustic, cynical, healthy and democratic.
3. Some entries are more personal and, occasionally, caustic.
4. Harris‘s temper and caustic tongue were to become legendary.
5. Arabic newspapers in the region, meanwhile, were caustic in their comments on the conference, reports AFP.