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cáustico — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • caustic adj Capable of burning or chemically eating away living tissue or other material.

Senses

cáustico is used for these senses in English:

  • acrimonious (figuratively) Angry, acid, and sharp in delivering argumentative replies: bitter, mean-spirited, sharp in language or tone. [from early 17th c.]
  • caustic Capable of burning, corroding or destroying organic tissue.

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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