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burning
Characterized by intense emotion; passionate:
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  1. Characterized by intense emotion; passionate:
  2. That burns
  3. Marked by flames or intense heat:
erosive
Causing erosion:
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  1. Causing erosion:
  2. Causing or tending to cause erosion
  3. Causing erosion; eroding
biting
Tending to bite.
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  1. Tending to bite.
  2. Of or relating to insects and certain other animals that wound the skin with a sting, mouthparts, or fangs.
  3. Cutting; sharp
sharp
Sudden and brilliant or dazzling:
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  1. Sudden and brilliant or dazzling:
  2. Strongly affecting the senses of smell and taste:
  3. Fierce or impetuous; violent:
stinging
Having the capacity to sting.
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  1. Having the capacity to sting.
scathing
Bitterly denunciatory; harshly critical:
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  1. Bitterly denunciatory; harshly critical:
  2. Searing; withering; harsh or caustic
  3. Harmful or painful; injurious.
acerbic
Sharp, bitter, or harsh in temper, language, etc.
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  1. Sharp, bitter, or harsh in temper, language, etc.
  2. Sharp or biting, as in character or expression:
  3. Sour or bitter tasting; acid.
acid
Any of a class of compounds that form hydrogen ions when dissolved in water, and whose aqueous solutions react with bases and certain metals to form salts. Acids turn blue litmus paper red and have a pH of less than 7. Their aqueous solutions have a sour taste.
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  1. Any of a class of compounds that form hydrogen ions when dissolved in water, and whose aqueous solutions react with bases and certain metals to form salts. Acids turn blue litmus paper red and have a pH of less than 7. Their aqueous solutions have a sour taste.
  2. (Geology) Containing a large proportion of silica:
  3. Having the characteristics of an acid.
acidic
(Chemistry) Having a pH less than 7, or being sour, or having the strength to neutralize alkalis, or turning a litmus paper red.
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  1. (Chemistry) Having a pH less than 7, or being sour, or having the strength to neutralize alkalis, or turning a litmus paper red.
  2. Tending to form an acid.
  3. Acid
acrid
Caustic in language or tone:
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  1. Caustic in language or tone:
  2. Bitter or sarcastic in speech, etc.
  3. Sharp, bitter, stinging, or irritating to the taste or smell
astringent
(Medicine) Having the effect of drawing tissue together; styptic.
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  1. (Medicine) Having the effect of drawing tissue together; styptic.
  2. A substance or preparation, such as alum, that draws together or constricts body tissues, resulting in decreased flow of blood or other secretions.
  3. Sharp, caustic, severe.
biting
Of or relating to insects and certain other animals that wound the skin with a sting, mouthparts, or fangs.
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  1. Of or relating to insects and certain other animals that wound the skin with a sting, mouthparts, or fangs.
  2. Injuring or capable of injuring the feelings; caustic:
  3. Cutting; sharp
corrosive
Gradually destructive; steadily harmful:
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  1. Gradually destructive; steadily harmful:
  2. Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as the corrosive action of an acid.
  3. Bitingly sarcastic; cutting; acid
cutting
Injuring or capable of injuring the feelings of others:
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  1. Injuring or capable of injuring the feelings of others:
  2. Capable of or designed for incising, shearing, or severing:
  3. Sharply penetrating; piercing:
mordacious
Given to biting; biting.
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  1. Given to biting; biting.
  2. Biting, sharp, acrid, or caustic
mordant
Bitingly painful.
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  1. Bitingly painful.
  2. Having or showing a sharp or critical quality; biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe.
  3. Biting, cutting, caustic, or sarcastic
pungent
Pointed:
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  1. Pointed:
  2. Penetrating, biting, or caustic:
  3. Producing a sharp sensation of taste or smell; acrid
scathing
Bitterly denunciatory; harshly critical:
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  1. Bitterly denunciatory; harshly critical:
  2. Harmful or painful; injurious.
  3. Searing; withering; harsh or caustic
sharp
Fierce or impetuous; violent:
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  1. Fierce or impetuous; violent:
  2. Having clear form and detail:
  3. Strongly affecting the senses of smell and taste:
slashing
(Informal) Huge
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  1. (Informal) Huge
  2. Severe; merciless; violent
  3. Bitingly critical or satiric:
stinging
Having the capacity to sting.
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  1. Having the capacity to sting.
trenchant
Forceful and clear; penetrating:
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  1. Forceful and clear; penetrating:
  2. Caustic; cutting:
  3. (Archaic) Cutting; sharp
truculent
Fierce; cruel; savage; ferocious
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  1. Fierce; cruel; savage; ferocious
  2. Disposed to violence; ferocious or cruel.
  3. Disposed or eager to fight or engage in hostile opposition; belligerent.
vitriolic
Of, derived from, or similar to a vitriol
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  1. Of, derived from, or similar to a vitriol
  2. Extremely biting or caustic; sharp and bitter
  3. (Chemistry): Of or pertaining to vitriol; derived from, or resembling, vitriol; vitriolous; as, a vitriolic taste.
Find another word for caustic. In this page you can discover 30 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for caustic, like: burning, strongly alkaline, erosive, biting, sharp, stinging, scathing, acid, alkaline, sarcastic and acerbic.

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  • Obviously he was annoyed by her caustic tone.

  • His caustic expression served as a catalyst to her boredom.

  • He appeared unperturbed by her caustic question.

  • Ann., 1825, 6, p. 444), 6KHO-1-3CS 2 = K2C03+2K2CS3+3H20; on the other hand, an alcoholic solution of a caustic alkali converts it into a.

  • They are precipitated from their alkaline solutions as cobalt sulphide by sulphuretted hydrogen, but this precipitation is prevented by the presence of citric and tartaric acids; similarly the presence of ammonium salts hinders their precipitation by caustic alkalis.

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