caustic
caustic
englantisyövyttävä
yhteys|kuva|k=en pureva, viiltävä, kirvelevän sarkastinen
Liittyvät sanat: caustic soda
Synonyymisanakirja
caustic
tuhoisa, syövyttävä, kuluttava, erittäin syövyttävä, epämiellyttävä, pureva, terävä, pisteliäs, katkera, kipeä, kova, vaikea, kärkevä, ivallinen, sapekas, rikinkatkuinen, erittäin ilkeämielinen, vihamielinen, myrkyllinen, kitkerä, kyyninen, sarkastinen, lipeä, syövyttävä aine, syövyttävä emäs.
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Englannin sanakirja
caustic (englanti > suomi)
caustic englanniksi
(of language, etc.) sharp Sharp, bitter, cutting, biting, and sarcastic in a scathing way.
1843: "How now!" said Scrooge, caustic and cold as ever. — Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
1843: The bargain was not concluded as easily as might have been expected though, for Scadder was caustic and ill-humoured, and cast much unnecessary opposition in the way — Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit
1853: Madame Beck esteemed me learned and blue; Miss Fanshawe, caustic, ironic, and cynical — Charlotte Bronte, Villette
1857:The Secretary and the Assistant-Secretaries would say little caustic things about him to the senior clerks, and seemed somewhat to begrudge him his new honours. — Anthony Trollope, The Three Clerks
1886: this set of worthies, who were only too prone to shut up their emotions with caustic words. — Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge
(quote-book)
1930s???: though he came too late / To join the martyrs, there was still a place / Among the tempters for a caustic tongue / / To test the resolution of the young / With tales of the small failings of the great — W.H.Auden, 'The Quest'
Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an escharotic.
puhekieltä The envelope of reflected or refracted rays of light for a given surface or object.
puhekieltä The envelope of reflected or refracted rays for a given curve.
puhekieltä caustic soda