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Definition

of a chemical substance: corrosive; capable of destroying or eating away such as a strong acid

or:

of a person: sarcastic, critical, or harsh

caustic = harsh or capable of hurting skin (like a strong acid)

caustic = harsh or capable of hurting skin (like a strong acid)

She has a caustic sense of humor.
Caustic soda liberates heat when mixed with water.
It's probably better that we don't talk. It usually gets caustic when we do.
caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics
You can do all manner of underhanded nice things when you have a caustic reputation.
Markus Zusak -- The Book Thief

caustic = sarcastic, critical, or harsh

"How now!" said Scrooge, caustic and cold as ever. "What do you want with me?"
Charles Dickens -- A Christmas Carol

caustic = critical or harsh

some kind of caustic medicine splashed all over him;
Franz Kafka -- Metamorphosis

caustic = harsh feeling (burning or corrosive)

Her new clothes were the subject of caustic comment.
Willa Cather -- My Antonia

caustic = sarcastic or critical

caustically = sarcastically

'You don't happen to know any good of him, do you?' said Mr. Grimwig, caustically;
Charles Dickens -- Oliver Twist

caustically = sarcastically or critically

"Oh," Beatrice said caustically, "the one you went chasing when you shoulda been minding your own business."
Carl Hiassen -- Hoot

caustically = sarcastically or critically

"Yes, it's a disgrace," agrees the caustic, some-what original, and entirely imposing lady who presides over this "But the stamps work, don't they?"
Truman Capote -- In Cold Blood

caustic = sarcastic, critical, or harsh

Mr. Justice Wargrave, mellowed by the excellent port, was being amusing in a caustic fashion, Dr. Armstrong and Tony Marston were listening to him.
Agatha Christie -- And Then There Were None

caustic = sarcastic

On Rack 10 rows of next generation's chemical workers were being trained in the toleration of lead, caustic soda, tar, chlorine.
Aldous Huxley -- Brave New World

caustic = of a chemical substance: corrosive; capable of destroying or eating away such as a strong acid

said Scrooge, caustic and cold as ever.
Dickens, Charles -- A Christmas Carol
Her new clothes were the subject of caustic comment.
Cather, Willa -- My Antonia
I am very amiable and have a caustic wit
Tolstoy, Leo -- War and Peace
Dawes stared up at the picture with a caustic expression on his face.
D.H. Lawrence -- Sons and Lovers

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