as in sarcastic
marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings
caustic movie reviews that serve mainly to show how clever the reviewer is
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Recent Examples of caustic
Poppy Toad’s Place, 300 York St., New Haven Dance-pop/rock singer/songwriter and YouTube video sensation Poppy brings her caustic view of the modern world to Toad’s Place on March 31 at 8 p.m. $53.
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2025
Hydrogen peroxide is not as caustic as sodium hypochlorite and generally does not contain a strong chemical odor.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025
The bends in the caustic creation surround desert plants.
—Tom Teicholz, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Simpson was better known for holding his own views, though, with sometimes caustic certainty.
—Mead Gruver, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2025
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2025
Hydrogen peroxide is not as caustic as sodium hypochlorite and generally does not contain a strong chemical odor.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025
The bends in the caustic creation surround desert plants.
—Tom Teicholz, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Simpson was better known for holding his own views, though, with sometimes caustic certainty.
—Mead Gruver, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for caustic
Adjective
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Goldberg continued before asking her co-hosts their opinions in a sarcastic tone.—
Liza Esquibias,
People.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Where Jackie is sarcastic, cynical, and all sharp edges, Zoey is enthusiastic and warm.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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That’s the premise of Douglas Is Cancelled, a cruelly funny 2024 BBC sitcom that seems very much in sync with satiric comedies such as The Office and W1A and Yes Minister.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
22 Mar. 2025
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Misery, a horror movie with a satiric streak, launched Bates’s film stardom.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Crisp, acidic and linear aromas of grapefruit, green apples, melon, candy cane and lemon grass; slight lime and salt.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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Most veggies prefer slightly acidic soil, but these crops thrive in more alkaline gardens.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The acid content of these foods irritates your child's skin, causing redness that can look like a rash.6 Viruses and Bacterial Infections Certain viral or bacterial infections may cause multiple symptoms around the mouth, including a rash.—
Wendy Wisner,
Health,
18 Apr. 2025
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Roy Ayers, the jazz vibraphonist whose smooth fusion planted the seeds of acid jazz and neo soul, died Wednesday at the age of 84.—
Stephen Thomas Erlewine,
Rolling Stone,
6 Mar. 2025
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Standing in front of an array of 4,500 Canadian solar panels and across from a wall topped with barbed wire, Gov. Ned Lamont today announced the completion of seven solar projects at prisons located in Enfield, Cheshire and Somers.—
Emilia Otte,
Hartford Courant,
25 Apr. 2025
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Some of the humor has a barbed, geopolitical aim in a war for the world’s hearts and minds — see the Chinese government’s fusillade of memes — but political scientists say that, for many people, humor is a natural response to stressful times.—
Hailey Branson-Potts,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Business insiders, shielded by their political sponsors, posted profits while everyone else suffered the corrosive effects of inflation.—
JAVIER CORRALES,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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His history is filled with the corrosive effects of fear, the seductions of ambition, the failures of leadership and the tragic unraveling of judgment.—
Andrew Latham,
The Conversation,
15 Apr. 2025
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“Caustic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caustic. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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