CAUSTIC Synonyms

• capable of wounding

• causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold

• expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds

• keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point

• having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing

• (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone

• a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named

• a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point

• changing suddenly in direction and degree

• (of something seen or heard) clearly defined

• ending in a sharp point

• having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

• marked by practical hardheaded intelligence

• harsh

• having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones

• dangerously steep

• very sudden and in great amount or degree

• quick and forceful

• marked by strong resentment or cynicism

• capable of wounding

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

• the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film

• a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting

• the act of cutting something into parts

• a piece cut off from the main part of something

• an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine

• removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape

• the division of a deck of cards before dealing

• the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge

• the act of diluting something

• the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends

• (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character

• unpleasantly cold and damp

• painful as if caused by a sharp instrument

• disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking

• having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect

• characterized by or full of force and vigor

• clearly or sharply defined to the mind

• harsh or corrosive in tone

• of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action

• a substance having the tendency to cause corrosion (such a strong acids or alkali)

• of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action

• spitefully sarcastic

• sour or bitter in taste

• harsh or corrosive in tone

• any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt

• street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

• harsh or corrosive in tone

• being sour to the taste

• having the characteristics of an acid

• being or containing an acid; of a solution having an excess of hydrogen atoms (having a pH of less than 7)

• being sour to the taste

• strong and sharp

• harsh or corrosive in tone

• English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)

• the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth

• the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste

• extremely and sharply

• marked by strong resentment or cynicism

• very difficult to accept or bear

• harsh or corrosive in tone

• expressive of severe grief or regret

• proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity

• causing a sharp and acrid taste experience

• causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold

• make bitter

• the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin

• harsh or corrosive in tone

• hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters

• very fast; capable of quick response and great speed

• the act of burning something

• pain that feels hot as if it were on fire

• a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light

• execution by electricity

• execution by fire

• a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin

• of immediate import

• any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams)

• marked by or arising from malice

• wearing away by friction

• of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action