caustic synonyms

caustic

modif.

  1. Corrosive

    burning, strongly alkaline, erosive; see acid 2, alkaline.

  2. Sarcastic

    biting, sharp, stinging, scathing; see sarcastic. See syn. study at sarcastic.

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