causticity
81caustic — [ kɔ:stɪk, kɒst ] adjective 1》 able to burn or corrode organic tissue by chemical action. 2》 scathingly sarcastic. 3》 Physics formed by the intersection of reflected or refracted parallel rays from a curved surface. noun 1》 a caustic substance.… …
82acrimony — n. 1. Sharpness, corrosiveness, causticity. 2. Severity, harshness, hardness, sourness, tartness, acridity, acridness, asperity, virulence, bitterness, acerbity, rancor, venom, crabbedness, moroseness, churlishness, ill temper, spite,… …
83asperity — n. 1. Roughness, ruggedness, unevenness. 2. Acrimony, tartness, sourness, sharpness, causticity, corrosiveness. 3. Harshness, moroseness, sternness, severity, virulence, crabbedness, bitterness, churlishness, acerbity, sullenness, ill temper See… …
84corrosiveness — n. Causticity, acridness, virulence, acrimony …
85keenness — n. 1. Ardor, vehemence, eagerness, earnestness, fervor, zest. 2. Sharpness, acuteness. 3. Severity, rigor, sternness. 4. Causticity, acrimony, asperity, bitterness, pungency. 5. Poignancy, acuteness, bitterness. 6. Shrewdness, sagacity,… …
86poignancy — n. 1. Piquancy, pungency, acridity, sharpness. 2. Point, sharpness, keenness, asperity, causticity. 3. Bitterness, intensity, sharpness …
87pungency — n. 1. Acridness, acrimony, acrimoniousness, tartness, causticity, poignancy, piquancy, sharpness. 2. Keenness, severity, satire, pointedness, smartness …
88severity — n. 1. Sternness, harshness, rigor, austerity, gravity, strictness. 2. Strictness, exactness, accuracy. 3. Simplicity, plainness. 4. Sharpness, keenness, causticity, acrimony. 5. Extremity, afflictiveness, violence, keenness. 6. Harshness, cruel… …
89irony — noun 1) that note of irony in her voice Syn: sarcasm, causticity, cynicism, mockery, satire, sardonicism See note at wit Ant: sincerity 2) the irony of the situation …
90asperity — *acrimony, acerbity Analogous words: sharpness, keenness (see corresponding adjectives at SHARP): causticity, mordancy (see corresponding adjectives at CAUSTIC): snappishness, waspishness, irritability (see corresponding adjectives at IRRITABLE)… …
