causticity
111caustic — /ˈkɒstɪk / (say kostik) adjective 1. capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue: caustic soda. 2. severely critical or sarcastic: *with a smile so caustic it might have unblocked a drain –henry handel richardson, 1917. 3. Optics,… …
112acerbity — [n1] bitterness of taste acidity, asperity, astringency, mordancy, sourness, tartness; concepts 462,613 Ant. mellowness, mildness, sweetness acerbity [n2] harsh speech, behavior acrimoniousness, causticity, ill temper, irritability, rancor,… …
113acidity — [n] bitterness acerbity, acridness, astringency, causticity, pungency, sourness, tartness; concept 614 …
114satire — [n] ridicule intended to expose truth banter, burlesque, caricature, causticity, chaffing, irony, lampoon, lampoonery, mockery, parody, pasquinade, persiflage, play on, put on*, raillery, sarcasm, send up*, skit, spoof, squib*, takeoff*, travesty …
115їдкість — едкость causticity Kaustizität, Ätzkraft – властивість до значення їдкий …
116caustic — [kôs′tik] adj. [ME caustik < L causticus < Gr kaustikos < kaustos, burning < kaiein, to burn] 1. that can burn, eat away, or destroy tissue by chemical action; corrosive 2. cutting or sarcastic in utterance; biting 3. designating or… …
117caustic — adj. & n. adj. 1 that burns or corrodes organic tissue. 2 sarcastic, biting. 3 Chem. strongly alkaline. 4 Physics formed by the intersection of reflected or refracted parallel rays from a curved surface. n. 1 a caustic substance. 2 Physics a… …
118causticness — noun see caustic I * * * causˈticness noun • • • Main Entry: ↑caustic * * * ˈcausticness rare. = causticity. in Bailey; and in mod. Dicts …
