Though common in cleaning products, ammonia is caustic.
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Caustic
//ˈkɔːstɪk//
Synonyms for "caustic" (172 found)
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Related words (86)
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Adjective(5 words)
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2 entriesTranslations
66 translations across 24 languages.
Asturian
1 entries- cáusticu adj (capable of destroying organic tissue)
Bulgarian
3 entries- разяждащ adj (capable of destroying organic tissue)
- хаплив adj (severe; satirical; sharp)
- язвителен adj (severe; satirical; sharp)
Catalan
1 entries- càustic adj (capable of destroying organic tissue)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 尖酸嘅 adj (severe; satirical; sharp)
Czech
3 entries- sžíravý adj (severe; satirical; sharp)
- žíravý adj (capable of destroying organic tissue)
- žíravina noun (substance which burns, corrodes or destroys organic tissue)
Danish
4 entries- bidende adj (severe; satirical; sharp)
- kaustisk adj (capable of destroying organic tissue)
- kaustisk adj (capable of destroying organic tissue)
- skarp adj (severe; satirical; sharp)
Dutch
4 entries- bijtend adj (capable of destroying organic tissue)
- bijtend adj (severe; satirical; sharp)
- corrosief adj (capable of destroying organic tissue)
- schamper adj (severe; satirical; sharp)
Finnish
4 entries- ivallinen adj (severe; satirical; sharp)
- kaustinen adj (capable of destroying organic tissue)
- myrkyllinen adj (severe; satirical; sharp)
- pureva adj (severe; satirical; sharp)
Galician
1 entries- cáustico adj (capable of destroying organic tissue)
German
4 entries- beißend adj (capable of destroying organic tissue)
- beißend adj (severe; satirical; sharp)
- bissig adj (severe; satirical; sharp)
- sarkastisch adj (severe; satirical; sharp)
Greek
3 entries- καυστικός adj (capable of destroying organic tissue)
- καυστικός adj (severe; satirical; sharp)
- καυστικό noun (substance which burns, corrodes or destroys organic tissue)
Hungarian
1 entries- maró adj (capable of destroying organic tissue)
Italian
4 entries- caustico adj (capable of destroying organic tissue)
- caustico adj (severe; satirical; sharp)
- caustica noun (envelope of reflected or refracted rays of light for a given surface or object)
- caustica noun (envelope of reflected or refracted rays for a given curve)
Mongolian
1 entries- идэмхий adj (capable of destroying organic tissue)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kaustisk adj (capable of destroying organic tissue)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- kaustisk adj (capable of destroying organic tissue)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- آجی adj (severe; satirical; sharp)
Polish
2 entries- kaustyczny adj (capable of destroying organic tissue)
- żrący adj (capable of destroying organic tissue)
Portuguese
4 entries- cáustico adj (capable of destroying organic tissue)
- cáustico adj (severe; satirical; sharp)
- cáustica noun (envelope of reflected or refracted rays of light for a given surface or object)
- cáustica noun (envelope of reflected or refracted rays for a given curve)
Romanian
1 entries- caustic noun (substance which burns, corrodes or destroys organic tissue)
Russian
1 entries- е́дкий adj (capable of destroying organic tissue)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- loisgeach adj (capable of destroying organic tissue)
Spanish
1 entries- cáustico adj (capable of destroying organic tissue)
Ukrainian
3 entries- каустичний adj (capable of destroying organic tissue)
- уїдливий adj (severe; satirical; sharp)
- їдкий adj (capable of destroying organic tissue)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
She always destroys my mood with her caustic remarks.
Source: tatoeba (4129431)
That's a redundant, caustic question.
Source: tatoeba (4338970)
His answers were caustic.
Source: tatoeba (5051158)
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