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ätzend — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • acerbic adj Tasting sour or bitter.
  • blistering adj Extremely hot.
  • caustic adj Capable of burning or chemically eating away living tissue or other material.
  • lame adj Unable to walk normally because of an injury or problem with the legs or feet.
  • scathing adjective Harshly critical.

Senses

ätzend is used for these senses in English:

  • acerbic (figurative) Sharp, harsh, biting.
  • blistering Very hot.
  • blistering Harsh or corrosive.
  • blistering Very fast.
  • caustic (of language, etc.) Sharp, bitter, cutting, biting, and sarcastic in a scathing way.
  • lame (colloquial) Uncool, uninteresting, or unfunny.
  • scathing Harshly or bitterly critical; vitriolic.

acerbic — full definition

  1. adj Tasting sour or bitter.
  2. adj Sharp, harsh, biting.

blistering — full definition

  1. adj Extremely hot.
  2. adj Very harsh or scathing, especially of criticism.
  3. adj Extremely fast.

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