All causticness synonyms

noun causticness

• banter — Banter is teasing or joking talk that is amusing and friendly.
• bitterness — having a harsh, disagreeably acrid taste, like that of aspirin, quinine, wormwood, or aloes.
• contempt — If you have contempt for someone or something, you have no respect for them or think that they are unimportant.
• cynicism — Cynicism is the belief that people always act selfishly.
• derision — If you treat someone or something with derision, you express contempt for them.
• irony — the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning: the irony of her reply, “How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend.
• mockery — ridicule, contempt, or derision.
• rancour — bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
• rancor — bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
• ridicule — speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
• satire — the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
• scorn — open or unqualified contempt; disdain: His face and attitude showed the scorn he felt.
• acrimony — Acrimony is bitter and angry words or quarrels.
• aspersion — a disparaging or malicious remark; slanderous accusation (esp in the phrase cast aspersions (on))
• burlesque — A burlesque is a performance or a piece of writing that makes fun of something by copying it in an exaggerated way. You can also use burlesque to refer to a situation in real life that is like this.
• censure — If you censure someone for something that they have done, you tell them that you strongly disapprove of it.
• comeback — If someone such as an entertainer or sports personality makes a comeback, they return to their profession or sport after a period away.
• criticism — the analysis or evaluation of a work of art, literature, etc
• cut — If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
• dig — to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
• disparagement — the act of disparaging.
• invective — vehement or violent denunciation, censure, or reproach.
• put-down — a landing of an aircraft.
• raillery — good-humored ridicule; banter.
• scoffing — food; grub.
• sharpness — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
• superciliousness — haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.
• wisecrack — a smart or facetious remark.
• corrosiveness — having the quality of corroding or eating away; erosive.
• lampooning — a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc.
• mordancy — the quality of being mordant; sharpness.
• sneering — to smile, laugh, or contort the face in a manner that shows scorn or contempt: They sneered at his pretensions.
• sarcasm — harsh or bitter derision or irony.
• acridity — sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.: acrid smoke from burning rubber.
• acridness — Bitterness or acerbity.
• incisiveness — penetrating; cutting; biting; trenchant: an incisive tone of voice.
• mordacity — biting or given to biting.
• trenchancy — incisive or keen, as language or a person; caustic; cutting: trenchant wit.
• acerbity — Acerbity is a kind of bitter, critical humour.
• acidity — the quality or state of being acid
• causticity — capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue.