caustic

Significado (Inglés)

Adj

1. Capable of burning, corroding or destroying organic tissue.
2. (usually) Sharp, bitter, cutting, biting, and sarcastic in a scathing way.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an escharotic.
2. (countable, uncountable) The envelope of reflected or refracted rays of light for a given surface or object.
3. (countable, uncountable) The envelope of reflected or refracted rays for a given curve.
4. (informal, uncountable) Caustic soda.

Conceptos

cáustico

mordaz

acre

corrosivo

punzante

ácido

quemante

agudo

amargo

áspero

caústico

Sinónimos

sarcastic

biting

corrosive

acrid

bitter

mordant

sharp

vitriolic

acrimonious

pungent

acid

acerb

acerbic

derisive

stinging

blistering

sulphurous

cutting

malicious

tart

virulent

erosive

pointed

sulfurous

poignant

mocking

burning

harsh

ironic

ironical

keen

satirical

scathing

severe

sharp-tongued

snappish

spiteful

trenchant

corrosive agent

peppery

piercing

hard

evil

punchy

eroding

rancorous

saline

edged

sardonic

acute

Traducciones

caustico

caustique

beißend

ätzend

cáustico

mordace

caustica

corrosivo

càustic

corrosif

mordant

scharf

καυστικός

acerbe

acre

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈkɔːstɪk/

Etimología (Inglés)

From the Latin causticus (“burning”), from Ancient Greek καυστικός (kaustikós, “burning”), from καυστός (kaustós, “burnt”) + -ικός (-ikós).