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caustic

adjective as in burning, corrosive

adjective as in sarcastic

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Example Sentences

A variety pack of interns attends him, striking poses from sweet to doubtful to caustic.

In order to regain her powers, Agatha sets out to walk the dangerous Witches’ Road and has to tamp down her caustic antisocial tendencies to assemble the coven she needs to accompany her.

But, she said, he “was caustic in retrospect.”

As an independent presidential candidate, Mr. Kennedy, 70, has leaned into his storied political lineage, his career in environmental law and his caustic anti-establishment beliefs that at times veer into conspiracy theory.

The freight train was carrying calcium carbide, a caustic, flammable chemical compound used in steel manufacturing, among other things.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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