Causticity - definition, transcription
Amer.
|kɔːˈstɪsɪtiː|
Brit.
|kɔːsˈtɪsɪtɪ|
noun
- The quality of being physically caustic; burning, corrosive.
- (figuratively) Being caustic in speech, humour etc.
- (figuratively) Being caustic in speech, humour etc.
Extra examples
The chemical was so caustic that it ate through the pipes.
She wrote a caustic report about the decisions that led to the crisis.
His [Roosevelt's] caustic cousin, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, called him a sissy and a mama's boy.
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