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
One of my favorite Hackman villains is the conniving country-boy crime boss Mary Ann in Michael Ritchie’s sublimely caustic satire Prime Cut (1972).
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Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025
Correspondence between the parties has grown increasingly caustic and salted with terms that could resurface in legal briefs.
—Colleen Wright, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2025
Simpson was better known for holding his own views, though, with sometimes caustic certainty.
—Mead Gruver, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2025
Indeed, Jimmy Kimmel used material from my book to make caustic fun of Trump in a recent monologue — comedy has, apparently, more backbone than news.
—Michael Wolff, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2025
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Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025
Correspondence between the parties has grown increasingly caustic and salted with terms that could resurface in legal briefs.
—Colleen Wright, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2025
Simpson was better known for holding his own views, though, with sometimes caustic certainty.
—Mead Gruver, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2025
Indeed, Jimmy Kimmel used material from my book to make caustic fun of Trump in a recent monologue — comedy has, apparently, more backbone than news.
—Michael Wolff, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for caustic
Adjective
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Emmy-nominated for the role the first time out, Ramsey is genius in it, the perfect amounts of precocious, sarcastic, and wide-eyedly vulnerable.—
Zing Tsjeng,
Vogue,
11 Apr. 2025
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What about someone who posts a meme that is satirical or a comment that is meant to be sarcastic?—
Peter Suciu,
Forbes.com,
10 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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Make sure the soil is well-drained and acidic with pH levels ranging between 4.5-6.0. Consider laying down mulch to help the plants retain more moisture.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
8 Apr. 2025
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The warmer temperatures on the ocean surface are more acidic, which favors algae.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
7 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
Adjective
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The season does pepper throughout a sense that Santos has a real heart under all that barbed wire.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2025
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The base that this is based on now has a bunch of barbed wire and fencing.—
Fred Topel,
Deadline,
5 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Throughout Trump’s first term, his disdain for these traditions drove committed internationalists to despair and produced corrosive uncertainty within the democratic world.—
HAL BRANDS,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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Tesla chair Robyn Denholm is maintaining radio silence about the corrosive effect of Elon Musk's political activities on the company's electric vehicle sales.—
Nathan Bomey,
Axios,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Caustic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caustic. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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