caustic
Capable of burning, corroding or destroying organic tissue.
Other meanings
Sharp, bitter, cutting, biting, and sarcastic in a scathing way.
Synonyms
- corrosive
- mordant
Related words
- catacaustic
- caustically
- causticise
- causticism
- causticity
- causticize
- causticness
- caustification
- diacaustic
- galvanocaustic
- noncaustic
- postcaustic
Word history
From Ancient Greek "καυστικός" (burning).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “caustic” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.