Caustic

Hindi Meaning

काटू

दाहक

कटू

सख़्त

तीखा

संक्षारक

ज्वलनकारी

जलानेवाला

काटू द्रव्य

दाहक क्षार

English Meaning

  1. Capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action.
  2. Corrosive and bitingly trenchant; cutting. See Synonyms at sarcastic.
  3. Causing a burning or stinging sensation, as from intense emotion: "Most of all, there is caustic shame for my own stupidity” ( Scott Turow).
  4. A caustic material or substance.
  5. A hydroxide of a light metal.
  6. The enveloping surface formed by light rays reflecting or refracting from a curved surface, especially one with spherical aberration.