CAUSTIC REMARK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does caustic remark mean? 

• CAUSTIC REMARK (noun)
  The noun CAUSTIC REMARK has 1 sense:

1. witty language used to convey insults or scorn

  Familiarity information: CAUSTIC REMARK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAUSTIC REMARK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Witty language used to convey insults or scorn

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

caustic remark; irony; sarcasm; satire

Context example:

Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own

Hypernyms ("caustic remark" is a kind of...):

humor; humour; wit; witticism; wittiness (a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter)

Attribute:

sarcastic (expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds)

unsarcastic (not sarcastic)