caustic

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

caustico

mordace

caustica

corrosivo

nitido

acre

erosivo

sarcastico

irritante

pungente

sostanza caustica

aspro

bilioso

collerico

iracondo

stizzoso

al vetriolo

prodotto caustico

acido

sinonimi

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

Traduzioni

caustique

beißend

cáustico

ätzend

cáustico

mordaz

corrosif

mordant

càustic

acre

scharf

acerbe

bijtend

καυστικός

spitz

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈkɔːstɪk/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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