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
Her caustic wit and humor seem unmistakably New York.
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Daniel Foster, National Review, 23 Jan. 2025
Excerpted from 18 months of audio recordings obtained by the director, Michael Gracey, Williams’s caustic, often vulnerable narration is the melody that refreshes and enriches the movie’s otherwise familiar beats of pop-star meltdown and resurrection.
—Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Is this feud really an issue of control, competition, or a caustic relationship?
—Chris Westfall, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Yet the canny level of observation — at once casual, caustic and empathetic — makes for a film that adds up to considerably more than the sum of its seemingly offhand parts.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 21 Dec. 2024
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Daniel Foster, National Review, 23 Jan. 2025
Excerpted from 18 months of audio recordings obtained by the director, Michael Gracey, Williams’s caustic, often vulnerable narration is the melody that refreshes and enriches the movie’s otherwise familiar beats of pop-star meltdown and resurrection.
—Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Is this feud really an issue of control, competition, or a caustic relationship?
—Chris Westfall, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Yet the canny level of observation — at once casual, caustic and empathetic — makes for a film that adds up to considerably more than the sum of its seemingly offhand parts.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 21 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for caustic
Adjective
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Seinfeld is a Jewish man from New York’s Long Island with a wry and sarcastic sense of humor.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Feb. 2025
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Others lose a sense of trust by the sarcastic digs, eye rolls, interrupting, or belittling.—
Rachel Glik, Contributor,
CNBC,
4 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Misery, a horror movie with a satiric streak, launched Bates’s film stardom.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2025
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The real star of the show, though, is not the satiric script or the campy performances, but rather how each character brings their own unique approach to dressing for the corporate ladder.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
18 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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As far as other watery places, bogs have been an especially rich source for archaeologists, since their acidic waters allow for an astonishing, mummy-like level of preservation.—
Alexander Nazaryan,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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Plants are better able to take up aluminum in acidic soil, ideally with a pH between 5.0 and 5.5.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Basic Skin Care Routine The key to maintaining a healthy skin pH is a basic skin care routine that maintains the acid mantle.—
Mark Gurarie,
Verywell Health,
30 Oct. 2024
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Even perennials have varying soil needs: some prefer more acid or more alkaline soil, or prefer a wet site or a dry one.—
Beth Botts,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Mengistu, a member of Israel's Ethiopian minority, entered the territory by crossing a barbed wire fence into Gaza.—
ASSOCIATED PRESS,
TIME,
22 Feb. 2025
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All pennies will henceforth be exiled to Guantanamo to live out their lives as former currency in orange jumpsuits, behind barbed wire, only inches from the best beaches ever.—
Barry Scott Zellen,
Hartford Courant,
18 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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But the Heat’s erratic play — which has led to a 25-28 record at the All Star break — seems to have had a corrosive impact in one tangible reflection of interest in the product: television ratings.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
17 Feb. 2025
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In the case of Coppola’s, of the corrosive effects of power?—
Jim Shepard,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Caustic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caustic. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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