Words Like CAUSTIC

We have put together a list of words that are similar to CAUSTIC.

17 Alternative Words Similar to caustic

1 Acerb Adjective      Synonym Words Like Acerb
2 Acerbic Adjective      Synonym Words Like Acerbic
3 Acid Adjective      Synonym Words Like Acid
4 Acrid Adjective      Synonym Words Like Acrid
5 Bitter Adjective      Synonym Words Like Bitter
6 Blistering Adjective      Synonym Words Like Blistering
7 Sulfurous Adjective      Synonym Words Like Sulfurous
8 Sulphurous Adjective      Synonym Words Like Sulphurous
9 Virulent Adjective      Synonym Words Like Virulent
10 Vitriolic Adjective      Synonym Words Like Vitriolic
11 Venomous Adjective      Synonym Words Like Venomous
12 Unpleasant Adjective      Similar Words Like Unpleasant
13 Compound Noun      Synonym Words Like Compound
14 Burning Adjective      Synonym Words Like Burning
15 Searing Adjective      Synonym Words Like Searing
16 Sharp Adjective      Synonym Words Like Sharp
17 Lye Noun      Hyponym Words Like Lye

8 examples of caustic

1 a caustic remark
2 caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics
3 bitter words
4 a barrage of acid comments
5 a sulfurous denunciation
6 blistering criticism
7 her acrid remarks make her many enemies
8 a vitriolic critique

10 definitions of caustic

1 Capable of destroying the texture of anything or eating away its substance by chemical action; burning; corrosive; searing.
2 Severe; satirical; sharp.
3 Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an escharotic.
4 A caustic curve or caustic surface.
5 any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue
6 harsh or corrosive in tone
7 of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
8 Capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action.
9 Corrosive and bitingly trenchant; cutting. See Synonyms at sarcastic.
10 Causing a burning or stinging sensation, as from intense emotion: "Most of all, there is caustic shame for my own stupidity” ( Scott Turow).
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