caustic
adjective
capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue.
causticness
-
a word derived from
caustic.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
“Bette and Joan” may have been simpler to portray in that respect because their legends preceded them, whereas only Capote’s voice and creative causticness are amply known in this story.
From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2024
After describing a fairy-tale existence with various cute marine mammals forever frolicking on and around her small wooden dock, she added, with faux causticness, that the seals “look like big Rottweilers swimming around.”
From New York Times ● May 28, 2020
