Caustic

Tamil Meaning

நாசமாக்குகிற

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.