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ivallinen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • caustic adj Capable of burning or chemically eating away living tissue or other material.
  • mocking adj Showing scorn or ridicule; teasing in a mean-spirited way.
  • scornful adj Showing scorn or disrespect; contemptuous; scathing; withering.

Senses

ivallinen is used for these senses in English:

  • caustic (of language, etc.) Sharp, bitter, cutting, biting, and sarcastic in a scathing way.
  • mocking derisive or contemptuous
  • sardonic Scornfully mocking or cynical.
  • scornful Showing scorn or disrespect; contemptuous; scathing; withering.

caustic — full definition

  1. adj Capable of burning or chemically eating away living tissue or other material.
  2. adj Harshly sarcastic or biting in tone.

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